Tag: Cardinal Joseph Zen

"Cardinal Zen's arrest thickens more ominous black clouds over Hong Kong. It cannot get any better in the coming months and years."

Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen was among a group of veteran democracy advocates arrested Wednesday for "colluding with foreign forces”

Cardinal Zen and his colleagues join more than 180 Hong Kongers arrested under the national security law to date

The cardinal was arrested over his role as a trustee of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which helped protesters pay their legal fees

The Church in Hong Kong is coming under mounting pressure as Beijing moves to extinguish opposition voices in the city under a new national security law

Arrest of Jimmy Lai is all about political persecution, cardinal says

Cardinal Zen says that since deal was first signed in 2018 conditions have worsened for Catholics in China

Message was left for the pope asking for a new bishop for the Chinese city

On the same day an anonymous Vatican source said the pope has greenlighted renewing the accord

The bishop emeritus of Hong Kong also called out the Vatican for remaining silent on the situation, noting that the Holy See might still be hoping to establish diplomatic relations with China