Cardinal Joseph Zen

Cardinal Zen warns of ‘error’ in Fiducia Supplicans, calls for Cdl. Fernández to resign

01/24/2024 at 9:11 AM By Kevin Edward White
Cardinal Zen asked: 'If the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is committing a heresy by claiming a serious sin as ‘good,’ then shouldn't the Prefect resign or be dismissed?' Tue Jan 23, 2024 - 10:53 am ES By Michael Haynes, LifeSite, January 24, 2024 HONG KONG... read more

‘Stalinesque Show Trial’ of Jimmy Lai Opens in Hong Kong

12/18/2023 at 1:16 PM By Kevin Edward White
The self-made media mogul has already been detained for more than 1,000 days and faces the possibility of life in prison if he is found guilty. By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, December 18, 2023 HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed authorities have been accused of staging... read more

Pope responds to cardinals on blessings for homosexuals, female priests

10/02/2023 at 12:44 PM By Kevin Edward White
Pope responds to cardinals on blessings for homosexuals, female priests By Justin McLellan, The Pilate,  October 2, 2023 VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church, in pursuit of "pastoral prudence," should discern if there are ways of giving blessings to homosexual persons that do not alter... read more

Cardinal Zen: ‘I Agree with Archbishop Gänswein on Traditionis Custodes’

01/23/2023 at 8:49 AM By Kevin Edward White
In an interview with an Italian newspaper, the Chinese cardinal criticized what he called ‘tendentious generalizations’ in Pope Francis’ 2021 decree restricting the traditional liturgy. By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, January 19, 2023 VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Joseph Zen... read more

As Cardinal Zen and Jimmy Lai Cases Attest, the Vatican Must Change Its Course With China

12/01/2022 at 5:09 PM By Kevin Edward White
COMMENTARY: The Holy See must denounce the Chinese government’s ongoing human rights injustices with unequivocal language. By Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer, National Catholic Register, December 1, 2022 It’s pretty easy for Americans to take religious freedom for granted. The same can’t... read more

Vatican and China extend their deal on bishop appointments

10/22/2022 at 9:11 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Frances D'Emilio/ AP, Manistee News Advocate, October 22, 2022ROME (AP) — The Vatican and China on Saturday extended their oft-criticized agreement on the appointment of bishops in the Asian country, where the government has waged crackdowns over the years on religious believers. The Holy... read more

The Pope Abandons Cardinal Zen

09/19/2022 at 5:57 AM By Kevin Edward White
As Hong Kong puts the bishop on trial, Francis still offers no support. By William McGurn, Wall Street Journal, September 19, 2022 2018.PHOTO: ANTHONY WALLACE/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES Listen to article Length(5 minutes)Queue It was a Saturday morning in July 1997, one... read more

Vatican ‘should not sacrifice Cardinal Zen for China’

09/05/2022 at 10:29 PM By Kevin Edward White
German Cardinal Gerhard Muller criticizes lack of support for Hong Kong prelate during recent consistory By UCA News reporter, UCA News, September 05, 2022 German Cardinal Gerhard Muller has expressed dismay over the Vatican’s silence on China’s abuses and an imminent "unfair" trial... read more

The Vatican Should Abandon Its Agreement With Beijing

08/16/2022 at 10:24 PM By Kevin Edward White
How can the global leader of the Catholic Church even contemplate doing business with such a murderous regime? By James Jay Carafano, Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute, August 16, 2022 Maintaining the Sino–Vatican deal undermines the moral authority of the church,... read more

European Parliament calls on Vatican to support Cardinal Zen

07/08/2022 at 10:10 PM By Kevin Edward White
By CNA Staff, Catholic World Report, July y 8, 2022 The European Parliament has called on the Vatican “to give full support to Cardinal Zen” and told the Holy See it should “strengthen its diplomatic efforts and its leverage on the Chinese authorities”. In a resolution passed on July... read more

‘Martyrdom is normal’: Hong Kong Cardinal Zen holds mass after court appearance

05/25/2022 at 9:41 AM By Kevin Edward White
"We may not have to do that but we may have to bear some pain and steel ourselves for our loyalty to our faith." Agence France Presse, May 25, 2022 On a drizzly Tuesday night in Hong Kong, hundreds of Catholics packed into church for a mass turned into an act of resolve by its host — the... read more

Cardinal Joseph Zen Is Arrested by Hong Kong’s National Security Police

05/12/2022 at 1:56 PM By Kevin Edward White

The arrest of Cardinal Zen: A new low for China’s ‘brutal’ Communist regime

05/12/2022 at 10:10 AM By Kevin Edward White

Cardinal Zen and U.S. Legislators Commemorate Tiananmen Square Massacre

06/06/2021 at 11:24 PM By Kevin Edward White

Hong Kong Calvary 2021

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

Cardinal Cupich Seems to Be the Vatican’s Choice

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

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

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

Analysis: The Art of China’s Vatican Deal

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

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

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

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