The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Hong Kong. Credit: Volodymyr Dvornyk/Shutterstock / null
Denver Newsroom, Jul 5, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
A Catholic priest overseeing missionaries serving in Hong Kong reportedly told the missionarie.
Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen (陳日君) was arrested in Hong Kong on May 11 for “collusion with foreign forces.” That Hong Kong’s national security police would arrest the 90-year-old was seen by many as a harbinger of bad times for the Catholic Church in Hong Kong.
Before the British handed the colony back to China on July 1, 1997, former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平) had promised them that Beijing would govern the territory under the “one country, two systems” model, and that Hong Kongers would continue to enjoy their freedoms and lifestyle for another 50 years.
Before his arrest, Cardinal Zen
By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Monsignor Javier Herrera-Corona, the Vatican's unofficial representative in Hong Kong, delivered a stark message .