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CARDINAL JOSEPH ZEN TRIAL AND WASHINGTON MONUMENT VANDALIZED
VATICAN CITY --Crux News reported that a highly Anticipated trial against Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen and five other defendants has been delayed, but is expected to move forward this week in Hong Kong, initiating controversial proceedings that could end in heavy fines or jail time, and which has been widely criticized as an attack against democracy. Cardinal Zen, 90, and five others were arrested in May under a Beijing imposed national security law for allegedly colluding with foreign forces. Given his standing in the Catholic Church and his many outspoken criticisms of Beijing, Zen is the most high profile personality to face legal troubles under the national security law, and his trial is seen not only as a direct assault on democracy, but also religious freedom. Zen has had a lengthy ecclesial career. He took his first vows with the Salesians of Saint John Bosco in 1949, and was ordained a priest in the institute in 1961. He was appointed coadjutor bishop of Hong Kong in 1996, and formally assumed the role of bishop in 2002, becoming the leader of Hong Kong’s vast Catholic community, which now numbers around 400,000. He was given a red hat by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006 and retired as bishop of Hong Kong in 2009. Yet throughout his retirement, Zen has grown increasingly critical of Beijing, which broke diplomatic ties with the Vatican in 1951 and created its own Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), an initiative led by the Communist Party, and which has long been seen as a rival to Rome, appointing and ordaining bishops without the pope’s approval and arresting.....
CARDINAL JOSEPH ZEN TRIAL AND WASHINGTON MONUMENT VANDALIZED
VATICAN CITY --Crux News reported that a highly Anticipated trial against Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen and five other defendants has been delayed, but is expected to move forward this week in Hong Kong, initiating controversial proceedings that could end in heavy fines or jail time, and which has been widely criticized as an attack against democracy. Cardinal Zen, 90, and five others were arrested in May under a Beijing imposed national security law for allegedly colluding with foreign forces. Given his standing in the Catholic Church and his many outspoken criticisms of Beijing, Zen is the most high profile personality to face legal troubles under the national security law, and his trial is seen not only as a direct assault on democracy, but also religious freedom. Zen has had a lengthy ecclesial career. He took his first vows with the Salesians of Saint John Bosco in 1949, and was ordained a priest in the institute in 1961. He was appointed coadjutor bishop of Hong Kong in 1996, and formally assumed the role of bishop in 2002, becoming the leader of Hong Kong’s vast Catholic community, which now numbers around 400,000. He was given a red hat by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006 and retired as bishop of Hong Kong in 2009. Yet throughout his retirement, Zen has grown increasingly critical of Beijing, which broke diplomatic ties with the Vatican in 1951 and created its own Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), an initiative led by the Communist Party, and which has long been seen as a rival to Rome, appointing and ordaining bishops without the pope’s approval and arresting.....
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Thanks for the Zen info.
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