Hong Kong's legislature has fast-tracked a controversial new law that some observers claim could see priests imprisoned if they do not reveal to the authorities certain crimes confessed during the sacrament of penance.
The United Nations and human rights groups have warned that
The U.N. Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, called on China's government to clarify the allegation of torture and launch an investigation. "The absolute prohibition on relying on evidence obtained through torture or other ill-treatment in a trial is a fundamental
Prominent Hong Kong Catholic, philanthropist and media mogul Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty to endangering national security in a trial that democracy advocates around the world said includes bogus charges.
If convicted in the trial before three high court judges, Lai, 76, could
At Tuesday’s National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., those in attendance were encouraged to pray in a special way for two persecuted Catholics: Jimmy Lai of Hong Kong and for Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Guests at the prayer breakfast
A Hong Kong Court fined Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, 90, and five others for failing to register a humanitarian fund set up to help people arrested in anti-government protests pay legal fees.
Cardinal Zen, retired bishop of Hong Kong, was fined 4,000 Hong
After only two days, the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court adjourned the trial of Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, 90, and four co-defendants, until Oct. 26.
The trial began Sept. 26 and had been scheduled for five days, but the magistrate adjourned the
In its latest editorial, the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board addresses the growing concern regarding religious freedom in China. Since a new so-called national security law was imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing in the summer of 2020, China has had the
At a pre-trial hearing in Hong Kong, a judge set a five-day trial for Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and four other defendants who face charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters.
According to an Aug. 9 report
An elderly Catholic missionary in Hong Kong has launched a three-day hunger strike outside a high-security prison demanding the release of politicians and activists incarcerated under the city's Beijing-imposed controversial national security law.
Father Franco Mella, 74, a member of the Milan-based Pontifical
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and several others pleaded not guilty in a Hong Kong court to charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters.
The 90-year-old cardinal was detained May 11 under China's national security law for "conspiracy