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 the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China.The 90-year-old former Catholic bishop of Hong Kong was charged in court on May 24 with four other prominent democracy advocates who were all trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which helped pro-democracy protesters to pay their legal fees. All five entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of failing to register the humanitarian fund with the police, according to AFP. For a first conviction, this charge can reportedly incur a fine of up to $1,274, but likely will not fall under Hong Kong's national security law. The date set for Cardinal Zen's trial is Sept. 19. Father Joseph Chan, Hong Kong's vicar general was present in the courtroom, but the cleric told AFP that he was not there ...