If the Church is to continue to be Christ’s presence in the world, then part of that mission includes continuing his sacrifice. I recently wrote about the sacrificial witness of the priest in the face […]
Tertullian, the first major Christian theologian to write in Latin, is thought to have coined the maxim Semen est sanguis Christianorum, typically (and rather freely) translated as “the blood of martyrs is the seed of […]
Cardinal Joseph Zen. / Yung Chi Wai Derek/Shutterstock.
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 22, 2022 / 11:08 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Sunday said he is praying for the Church in China and “attentively and actively following the often complex life a… […]
Cardinal Joseph Zen. / Yung Chi Wai Derek/Shutterstock.
Denver Newsroom, May 17, 2022 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun is scheduled to appear in court May 24, according to a report by the British daily The Guardian.“A source close … […]
The Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, finally talked directly and explicitly about the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen. He spoke of the affair Friday, with reporters present for an event at Rome’s Pontifical […]
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, pictured on July 2, 2015. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA.
Vatican City, May 13, 2022 / 11:00 am (CNA).
Cardinal Pietro Parolin has said that he is “very sorry” about Cardinal Joseph Zen’s arrest earlier this week and hopes it wil… […]
The most striking thing about the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen, SDB, in Hong Kong on Wednesday is the anodyne statement from the Vatican regarding the news. At least, the muted response from Holy See […]
Cardinal Joseph Zen. / Iris Tong via Wikimedia (Public Domain).
Rome Newsroom, May 11, 2022 / 11:05 am (CNA).
Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former leader of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong, was reportedly released on bail late on Wednesday night. T… […]
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun departs the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA.
Vatican City, May 11, 2022 / 09:11 am (CNA).
The Vatican said on Wednesday that it was concerned to hear of reports of the arr… […]
Cardinal Joseph Zen. Courtesy Photo. / null
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 11, 2022 / 08:50 am (CNA).
The arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen by the authorities in Hong Kong is prompting reactions around the world.The Standard, a Hong Kong-based news… […]
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