Cardinal Joseph Zen

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

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
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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
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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
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
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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

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

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