Posts tagged Joseph Zen
Exclusive: Cardinal Zen Says Chinese Church Without Vatican's Help Will 'Die Out Soon'
Exclusive: Cardinal Zen Says Chinese Church Without Vatican's Help Will 'Die Out Soon'

Hong Kong pro-democracy leader and Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen told Religion Unplugged that if the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were to pull out of cooperation with the Vatican and attempt to maintain an entirely Chinese Catholic Church without the pope as its head, the entire organization will be rejected by the laity. New regulations on the Church go into effect May 1 and appear designed to block the Vatican’s control of the Church inside China.

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'I Will Not Stay Silent': Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong Struggles Against the Vatican
'I Will Not Stay Silent': Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong Struggles Against the Vatican

Zen, who recently returned to Hong Kong from a trip to the Vatican, has no higher authority on Earth to appeal to in his fight to save his country’s church from infiltration by the Chinese Communist Party.

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