Cardinal Joseph Zen

DOUBLING DOWN ON A BAD DEAL

03/12/2020 at 11:21 AM By Kevin Edward White
By George Weigel, First Things, March 11, 2020Perseverance on a difficult but noble path is a virtue. Stubbornness when confronted by irrefutable evidence of a grave mistake is a vice. The latter would seem an apt characterization of a letter sent on Ash Wednesday to the entire College of... read more

Cardinal Zen: Vatican Is ‘Giving Everything’ to China’s Communists

02/17/2020 at 9:42 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Thomas D. Williams, PhD., Febraury 16, 2020 ROME — Cardinal Joseph Zen said this week that the Vatican seeks compromise with China’s Communist Party (CCP), but they want “complete surrender.” Zen — the former bishop of Hong Kong — has been a vocal critic of the Vatican’s... read more

Rome’s Shame in China

01/22/2020 at 5:19 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Robert Royal, January 13, 2020 China is a large, strange, complex, contradictory thing, even before you get to the large, strange, complex, contradictory, and murderous form of Communism that has come to dominate its various peoples. No one understands it very well. But those closest with a... read more

Report: ‘Intense’ spike in Christian persecution after China’s secret deal with Vatican

01/12/2020 at 3:44 PM By Kevin Edward White
New Telegraph, January 12, 2020 Chinese authorities subjected Catholic believers in China to increased persecution by demolishing churches, removing crosses, and continuing to detain underground clergy.’ Religious persecution in China has increased rapidly over the past year, according to... read more

Cardinal Joseph Zen To His Brother Cardinals: The Church is Being Killed In China

01/10/2020 at 7:30 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Marco Tosatti, OnePeterFive, January 8, 2020 Dear friends and enemies … we are publishing a letter that Cardinal Joseph Zen sent some time ago to all the cardinals, and that he has now decided to make public. Needless to say, the latest news coming from mainland China only confirms and... read more
Cardinal Zen

Cardinal Zen: ‘Parolin is manipulating the Holy Father’ on China deal

12/05/2019 at 7:38 AM By Kevin Edward White
Catholic News Agency, December 4, 2019 Cardinal Joseph Zen, former bishop of Hong Kong, has renewed his criticism of the Vatican-China deal, warning that he thinks Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin is exercising undue influence in advising Pope Francis. “Now I’m sorry to... read more
Bishop Vincent Guo Xijin

Faithful Chinese bishop on the run from communists highlights Vatican/China deal disaster

12/02/2019 at 3:40 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Steven Mosher, LifeSite News, November 29, 2019 Bishop Vincent Guo was supposed to be the poster child of a successful rapprochement between the Vatican and China, as well as a sign that the longstanding rift between the Underground Catholic church and its state-run counterpart had been... read more

Cdl. Zen warns Pope Francis that Vatican directives for China church may lead to ‘death of true faith’

07/08/2019 at 10:04 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Bree A. Dail HONG KONG, July 5, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – The Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong has spoken out forcefully against the Vatican’s newest “pastoral document” for the Chinese Church which gives reasons for why priests should register with the communist government. Cardinal Joseph... read more
Protesters gather again to rally outside the Legislative Council government offices against a controversial extradition bill in Hong Kong, June 17, 2019. Credit: Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images.

Hong Kong extradition bill could further endanger Christians, advocates say

06/19/2019 at 9:41 AM By Kevin Edward White
CNA, June 17, 2019 Though a proposed change to extradition laws in Hong Kong is on hold for now, Christian leaders and advocacy groups are continuing to speak out, warning that under the proposal those in Hong Kong who support Chinese Christians could be unjustly brought to mainland China for... read more
Ambassador Brownback

US religious freedom ambassador dismisses pope’s China accord, blasts communist assault on Catholics

03/09/2019 at 9:38 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Martin Barillas, LifeSiteNews, March 8, 2019 U.S. ambassador Sam Brownback said on Friday that China’s persecution of Catholic citizens continues despite a deal Pope Francis reached with the communist government. “Since this provisional deal was announced last year the Chinese... read more

Crusading Hong Kong Cardinal Receives US Award for Pro- Religious Freedom, Anti-Chinese Communist, Activism

01/30/2019 at 12:56 PM By Kevin Edward White
US NEWS By Matthew Vadum, Epic Times, January 30, 2019 Crusading Hong Kong Cardinal Receives US Award for Pro-Religious Freedom, Anti-Chinese Communist, Activism  WASHINGTON—Honoring years of campaigning against Chinese Communist repression of religious freedom, the Washington-based... read more

Chinese priests abandon the ministry out of opposition to the Patriotic Association

01/25/2019 at 3:47 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Cardinal Zen delivers new letter on China to Pope Francis: ‘Underground clerics have cried’

12/04/2018 at 9:26 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Blind Chinese defector: Vatican’s deal with China is ‘slap in the face’ to millions of Catholics

11/29/2018 at 4:34 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Cardinal Zen: The Vatican is badly mishandling China situation

10/27/2018 at 4:11 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

China. Cardinal Zen’s “Scare” Has Its Good Reasons

06/27/2018 at 4:46 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

The Vatican’s China Game: Deal or No Deal With Beijing?

04/20/2018 at 9:46 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Cardinal Zen – The Man Who Does Not Follow Cardinal Parolin’s Kowtow toward Secular Power

04/20/2018 at 9:19 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Conference on Confusion in the Church: Final Declaration

04/09/2018 at 10:40 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Analysis: What to expect from a weekend conference on Church ‘confusion’

04/07/2018 at 11:56 AM By Mary Anne Hackett