Cardinal Joseph Zen

Hong Kong Calvary 2021

04/05/2021 at 1:47 PM By Kevin Edward White

It is nothing short of scandalous that Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee, and other brave men and women are facing such persecution without any public support from the Vatican. By George Weigel, Catholic World Report, April 2, 2021 The news was expected, but that did not make it any less wrenching:... read more

Cardinal Cupich Seems to Be the Vatican’s Choice

02/06/2021 at 11:39 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

COMMENTARY: All popes have their favorites in the US. However, papal favor is not equivalent to wise pastoral leadership. Father Raymond J. de Souza, Commentaries, February 5, 2021 Much was made of Cardinal Blase Cupich’s meeting with Pope Francis, just 10 days after his public criticism... read more

Nuns arrested as Beijing turns up heat on Church in Hong Kong

12/31/2020 at 5:05 PM By Kevin Edward White

Senior clerics see the arrests as a sign China wants to shut the unofficial Vatican mission in Hong Kong, where the two nuns work. As Beijing tightens control of the city, the local diocese has also moved to rein in pro-democracy voices in its flock. By Greg Torode, Reuters, December 30,... read more

Analysis: The Art of China’s Vatican Deal

09/05/2020 at 5:06 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

What, then, could the Vatican hope to achieve by extending a deal which has yielded no results? Ed Condon/CNA WASHINGTON —Next month, the 2018 Vatican-China deal expires. Those close to the negotiations, both in Rome and in Beijing, now confidently predict a one-year extension to the... read more

Catholic historian: If Cdl. Zen rightly criticizes Vatican Ostpolitik, why not ‘catastrophic’ Vatican II?

08/23/2020 at 3:33 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

‘The Ostpolitik that Cardinal Zen criticizes, is, in fact, fruit of the Second Vatican Council. This is historical evidence that does not admit denials.’ By Roberto de Mattei August 21, 2020 (Rorate Caeli) — Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun is an eminent prelate who sincerely loves his... read more

Cardinal Zen: In Vatican II, Catholics hear ‘real voice of the Holy Spirit’

08/12/2020 at 4:12 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency, July 27, 2020 Cardinal Joseph Zen, the emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong, has made an impassioned defense of the Second Vatican Council, criticizing both “extreme conservatives” and “extreme progressives” for rejecting the authority and authenticity of the... read more

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