Cardinal Zen: 'Rome No Longer Dares to Criticize the Chinese Government'

 By Michael W. Chapman | September 26, 2019        


Cardinal Joseph Zen,
the Bishop Emeritus
Hong Kong

 When asked about the Catholic Church's support for the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, the Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, said that neither the Vatican nor Pope Francis has said a word, and added that the church in China has been sold out to the government. 

 

"No word has come out of the Holy See since the beginning of this mobilization," said Cardinal Zen in an interview with La Vie.  "Rome no longer dares to criticize the Chinese government, whom I consider to have sold [out] the Chinese Church."............To Read More.....