null / Screenshot from livestream of MassWashington D.C., Sep 26, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).As Cardinal Joseph Zen begins his trial in Hong Kong, a number of Catholic leaders and human rights activists have come out with statements of support for the 90-year-old bishop emeritus.Zen and five others are charged with failing to register properly a fund that provided legal aid to pro-democracy protesters. An outspoken critic of Beijing s communist regime, Zen served as a trustee of the "612 Humanitarian Relief Fund" that helped pay legal and medical bills for protesters arrested and hurt during the 2019 demonstrations in Hong Kong.These are the Catholic leaders, scholars, and human rights activists who have publicly expressed their solidarity with Zen as his trial commences:Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, wrote in support of Zen in Avvenire Sept. 23."Cardinal Zen is a man of God ; at times intemperate, but submis
As Cardinal Joseph Zen begins his trial in Hong Kong, a number of Catholic leaders and human rights activists have come out with statements of support for the 90-year-old bishop emeritus.
Pope Francis wrapped up a trip to Kazakhstan on Thursday as one of his most outspoken critics openly questioned the value of mega faith meetings such as the one the pontiff attended, calling them "a supermarket of religions" that diminished the status of the Catholic Church.
Parmi les responsables catholiques du Kazakhstan qu’a rencontrés le pape François jeudi 15 septembre figure l’évêque auxiliaire de Noursoultan. Très apprécié chez les catholiques les plus conservateurs, Mgr Athanasius Schneider s’est illustré à plusieurs reprises par ses sorties critiques envers.