Posted on 10/01/2022 6:40:58 PM PDT by marshmallow
Catholic leaders, scholars, and human rights activists publicly express their solidarity with Cardinal Zen as his trial commences.
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.
Cardinal 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, Cardinal 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 Cardinal Zen as his trial commences:
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, wrote in support of Cardinal Zen in Avvenire Sept. 23.
“Cardinal Zen is a ‘man of God’; at times intemperate, but submissive to the love of Christ, who wanted him to be his priest, deeply in love, like Don Bosco, with youth,” wrote Cardinal Filoni.
He concluded his statement, which he called “a testimony to the truth,” by saying: “Cardinal Zen is not to be condemned. Hong Kong, China and the Church have a devoted son in him, not to be ashamed of.”
Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence made an appeal for prayers on Twitter on Sept. 19 as Cardinal Zen’s trial was scheduled to begin (it was postponed because the judge contracted COVID-19):
“Today be sure to remember our brother in faith, 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen who is on trial in China, and also the Church in China which is regularly attacked and restricted by the government. And pray for Christians everywhere who are being persecuted......
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I’ll be sure to keep Cardinal Zen in my prayers.
It would be nice if the Bishop of Rome were among those offering support to Cardinal Zen, but Pope Francis seems utterly indifferent. His pandering to the Red Chinese is more important.
China is paying Francis to keep quiet.
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