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Cardinal Zen: ‘Martyrdom is normal in our Church’

May 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Zen offers Mass on May 24, 2022 after appearing in court in Hong Kong. / Screenshot from livestream of Mass

Rome Newsroom, May 25, 2022 / 05:44 am (CNA).
Cardinal Joseph Zen offered Mass after his court appearance in Hong Kong on Tuesd… […]

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Tiananmen memorial Masses won’t be held in Hong Kong this year amid security law concerns

May 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Protesters in Hong Kong march against the extradition bill in July 2019. / Jimmy Siu/Shutterstock

Denver Newsroom, May 24, 2022 / 16:58 pm (CNA).
A Catholic group in Hong Kong will not be holding Masses this year to commemorate the 1989 Tiananm… […]

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Cardinal Zen appears in court in Hong Kong

May 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun departs the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Rome Newsroom, May 24, 2022 / 04:10 am (CNA).
Cardinal Joseph Zen appeared in court in Hong Kong on Tuesday, a date which is t… […]

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Without mentioning Zen’s arrest, Pope Francis says he is praying for the Church in China

May 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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… […]

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Cardinal Zen may be in Hong Kong court next week

May 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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 … […]

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International community laments Cardinal Zen’s ‘precarious’ position

May 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Joseph Zen. / Twitter @krislc

Denver Newsroom, May 14, 2022 / 11:23 am (CNA).
The arrest this week of Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun in Hong Kong continues to attract international condemnation, with the U.S. bishops calling the situation… […]

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Hong Kong diocese ‘extremely concerned’ about ‘Cardinal Joseph Zen’s incident’

May 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Joseph Zen. / Rock Li via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Rome Newsroom, May 12, 2022 / 04:59 am (CNA).
The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong said in a statement on Thursday that it was “extremely concerned” about “Cardinal Joseph Zen’s incident… […]

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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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Pope Francis sends message to Hong Kong’s Catholics

March 23, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis records a video message during a meeting with Bishop Stephen Chow. / Courtesy of the Diocese of Hong Kong.

Rome Newsroom, Mar 23, 2022 / 09:22 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has recorded video messages for Catholics in Hong Kong and in mai… […]

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Religious repression in Hong Kong could soon worsen, Christian cleric warns

February 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Protesters at a school boycott rally in Hong Kong’s Central District, Sept. 2, 2019. / Chris McGrath / Shutterstock.

Denver Newsroom, Feb 10, 2022 / 16:12 pm (CNA).
Speaking anonymously during an online discussion, a Christian cleric in Hong Ko… […]

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