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Cardinal Joseph Zen. / Iris Tong via Wikimedia (Public Domain).Rome Newsroom, Sep 26, 2022 / 02:40 am (CNA).Cardinal Joseph Zen and five others stood trial in Hong Kong on Monday for failing to properly register a fund to provide legal aid to pro-democracy protesters. The 90-year-old cardinal and retired bishop of Hong Kong arrived at the court in West Kowloon on Sept. 26 using a cane to walk. He was arrested in May along with other democracy activists under Hong Kong's strict national security law.In addition to Zen, who has been free on bail since early May, several others have bee...

Cardinal Joseph Zen. / Iris Tong via Wikimedia (Public Domain).Strasbourg, France, Jul 8, 2022 / 04:24 am (CNA).The European Parliament has called on the Vatican "to give full support to Cardinal Zen" and told the Holy See it should "strengthen its diplomatic efforts and its leverage on the Chinese authorities".In a resolution passed on July 7, the parliament condemned the arrest of the 90-year-old former bishop of Hong Kong by Chinese authorities and demanded that all charges against him be dropped. Cardinal Zen was charged in a Hong Kong court on May 24 with four oth...

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