The formidable Cardinal Joseph Zen asks in a recent letter to his brother bishops why the Catholic Church would embark on a path of “synodality” when it has delivered such terrible results in Germany.
Cardinal Joseph Zen attended the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican Thursday after Hong Kong authorities granted him leave to travel to Rome for five days.
Cardinal Joseph Zen has been found guilty together with 5 others of failing to properly register the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which provided legal and medical aid to jailed protesters of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.
The trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen for his support of pro-democracy protests in 2019 has been delayed a week after one of the trial judges tested positive for coronavirus.
Hong Kong’s security minister has defended the arrest of 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, insisting that everyone is equal under the law and exceptions should not be made.
Pope Francis offered prayers for the Church in China Sunday, noting the “complex life” lived by the faithful and pastors in that country.
ROME — Hong Kong police arrested 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen on Wednesday evening, then released him on bail hours later.
President Trump issued a powerful proclamation on religious liberty Tuesday to commemorate the 850th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has thumbed its nose at the Vatican, continuing its flagrant abuses of religious freedom even while negotiating its new deal with the Vatican, Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported Monday.
ROME — The former bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, has labeled the Vatican’s extended deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) a “complete defeat” for faithful Catholics.
The redoubtable Cardinal Joseph Zen has attacked the Vatican Secretary of State over recent remarks about the Holy See’s deal with China, accusing the Vatican chief of telling “a series of lies.”
A growing number of human rights advocates and observers are vocally expressing their bewilderment at the Vatican’s silence over the egregious human rights abuses perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Chinese Foreign Minister Zhao Lijian denied allegations Thursday that Beijing had “pressured” Pope Francis into not speaking about freedom and human rights in Hong Kong during his Angelus message last Sunday.
A chilling new documentary on the state of Christian persecution in China blasts the Vatican’s 2018 deal with the communist government, saying it has created a “double persecution” for faithful Catholics.
The redoubtable Cardinal Joseph Zen has once again denounced Vatican diplomacy with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), saying it has left the underground Catholic Church “more and more” abandoned.
The Vatican is dragging its feet in the beatification of Chinese Catholic hero Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mei due to “diplomatic sensitivity,” according to a report from UCANews.
The redoubtable Cardinal Joseph Zen has denied assertions that Pope John Paul II would have approved of the Vatican’s new conciliatory approach to dealing with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The dean of the college of cardinals in Rome has written a letter denouncing Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen, who has been fiercely critical of the Vatican’s rapprochement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Cardinal Joseph Zen said this week that the Vatican seeks compromise with China’s Communist Party (CCP), but they want “complete surrender.”
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Friday with his counterpart in the Vatican, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, to celebrate their bilateral accord on the naming of bishops.
Cardinal Joseph Zen wrote to all his brother cardinals of the Catholic Church begging them not to sit idly by as the Church in China is “murdered,” in a letter made public this week.
Chinese Bishop John Fang Xingyao, president of the state-run Catholic Patriotic Association, said last week that allegiance to the nation must always predominate over allegiance to God.
ROME — The former bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, said Pope Francis’ new policies in dealing with the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) are “killing” the underground Church in that country.
Taiwanese officials said that the Vatican’s year-old agreement with Communist China has done nothing to help Catholics on the ground, as party leader Xi Jinping has continued his brutal assault on Chinese Christians.
In September 2018, the Vatican signed a secret deal with the Chinese Communist government.
Pope Francis has called on Chinese bishops to show respect and loyalty to the ruling Chinese Communist Party as faithful “members of the Chinese people.”
Cardinal Joseph Zen told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that Catholics in China are suffering “huge confusion” because of the recent deal between the Vatican and the Communist Party of China (CPC), but it is not too late to rectify the situation.
The South China Morning Post has attacked Cardinal Joseph Zen for his recent criticism of the Vatican-China deal on the appointment of bishops, saying the prelate preaches a “message of hate.”
The redoubtable Cardinal Joseph Zen said Thursday that the recently inked deal between the Vatican and China over the naming of bishops spells the “annihilation” of the Church in China.
A number of religious freedom advocates have stepped forward to criticize the Vatican’s new “provisional agreement” with China on the appointment of bishops, arguing that it betrays naïveté concerning “the evil of communism.”
Critics of a new accord between China and the Vatican on the naming of bishop are nothing but a “loud minority” trying to cause trouble, a top Vatican bishop told the Global Times.
The Vatican announced the signing of a “provisional agreement” with China on the appointment of bishops Saturday, without specifying the terms of the accord.
Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen has called for the resignation of Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, saying a deal he is brokering with the Chinese Communist party amounts to an “incredible betrayal” of the Catholic faith.
The Chinese government has reaffirmed its intentions to keep an iron grip on religious practice in the country, releasing a new “white paper” Tuesday that excludes yielding any authority over religious activities to foreign entities.
Chinese police arrested Bishop Giuseppe Guo Xijin of Mindong Monday night, just prior to the celebration of Holy Week, the most solemn period in the Christian calendar.
Cardinal Joseph Zen has denounced proponents of an “imminent” accord between China and the Vatican, saying that the Church is setting itself up for a major disaster.
Pope Francis has taken personal responsibility for recent measures taken by Vatican officials in China, which critics have described as a “sell-out” of the Catholic Church.
In a troubling new open letter to the media, the redoubtable Cardinal Joseph Zen, China’s highest ranking Catholic prelate, has accused the Vatican of “selling out” the Church by caving in to demands of the Communist leaders.
A disturbing new report indicates that the Vatican cut a deal with the Chinese Communist Party and subsequently asked legitimate bishops faithful to Rome to “step aside” to be substituted by members of the collaborating Patriotic Association.
China’s highest ranking prelate, Cardinal Joseph Zen, is urging Pope Francis not to cut a deal with the Chinese government that would undermine the sacrifice and fidelity of members of the underground Catholic Church in the country.