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By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Monsignor Javier Herrera-Corona, the Vatican's unofficial representative in Hong Kong, delivered a stark message .
Monsignor Javier Herrera-Corona, the Vatican s unofficial representative in Hong Kong, delivered a stark message to the city s 50-odd Catholic missions before finishing his six-year posting in March:
Monsignor Javier Herrera-Corona, the Vatican’s unofficial representative in Hong Kong, delivered a stark message to the city’s 50-odd Catholic missions before finishing his six-year posting in March: the freedoms they had enjoyed for decades were over.
In four meetings held over several months, starting in October last year, the 54-year-old Mexican prelate told Catholic missionaries in Hong Kong to prepare for a tougher future as China tightens its control over the city and he urged his colleagues to protect their missions’ property, files and funds, according to four people familiar with the private sessions, who asked not to be identified because