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Report: Former Hong Kong bishop Cardinal Zen arrested

May 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 9

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, speaks at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Hong Kong, China, May 11, 2022 / 06:32 am (CNA).
Cardinal Joseph Zen has been arrested by the aut… […]

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Australia’s Catholic bishops elect new leader

May 6, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Perth, Australia. / Our Lady of Fatima International Pilgrim Statue – Our Lady of Fatima via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Sydney, Australia, May 6, 2022 / 01:45 am (CNA).
Australia’s Catholic… […]

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Bishop Paul Hinder, apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia, retires

May 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Paul Hinder, apostolic vicar emeritus of Southern Arabia / Christliches Medienmagazin pro via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0

Rome Newsroom, May 2, 2022 / 05:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Sunday accepted the resignation of Bishop Paul Hinder,… […]

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Hong Kong priest: China trying to control religion in Hong Kong

April 26, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Hong Kong. Credit: Volodymyr Dvornyk/Shutterstock / null

Denver Newsroom, Apr 26, 2022 / 15:37 pm (CNA).
Speaking publicly under his own name for the first time, a Hong Kong priest says the Chinese … […]

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Hong Kong priest: China trying to control religion in Hong Kong

April 26, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Hong Kong. Credit: Volodymyr Dvornyk/Shutterstock / null

Denver Newsroom, Apr 26, 2022 / 15:37 pm (CNA).
Speaking publicly under his own name for the first time, a Hong Kong priest says the Chinese … […]

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Self-sabotaging Catholicism won’t help Australia, archbishop says of plenary council prep

April 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 15

Archbishop Julian Porteous of Hobart / Archdiocese of Hobart

Denver Newsroom, Apr 13, 2022 / 16:57 pm (CNA).
At a time when Catholicism in Australia faces crises such as a loss of faith and declining religious practice, a plenary council prepar… […]

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UPDATE: Soldiers searching for weapons leave Burma cathedral

April 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia. / Shutterstock

Mandalay, Burma, Apr 9, 2022 / 21:56 pm (CNA).
Government soldiers departed from the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and its compound in downtown Mandalay Saturday after… […]

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Burmese archbishop remains under house arrest; ‘We are all praying,’ priest says

April 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Mandalay, Burma. / Shutterstock

Mandalay, Burma, Apr 9, 2022 / 06:49 am (CNA).
Mandalay Archbishop Marco Win Tin, Vicar General Monsignor Domenic Kyo Du and their respective staffs, along with approximately 20 d… […]

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BREAKING: Burmese soldiers invade Catholic cathedral, detain archbishop

April 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Mandalay, Burma. / maodoltee/Shutterstock.

Mandalay, Burma, Apr 8, 2022 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
Approximately 40 Burmese soldiers forcibly took control of a Catholic cathedral in Mandalay prior to a Lenten prayer service on … […]

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In China, Christian human rights activist faces mistreatment, fabricated charges, supporters say

March 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Flag of China. / Tomas Roggero via flickr cc by 2.0

Denver Newsroom, Mar 28, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Li Qiaochu, a prominent Christian and labor rights activist in China, has been imprisoned for more than a year. Her supporters say she wrongly f… […]

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