Hong Kong allows outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen to attend Pope Francis’ funeral

Cardinal Zen Allowed to Leave Hong Kong to Attend Pope’s Funeral

Cardinal Joseph Zen, the 93-year-old retired bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, has been allowed to attend Pope Francis’s funeral being held at the Vatican on Saturday. The cardinal’s passport was held by the Hong Kong government following the cleric’s arrest under a Beijing-imposed national security law in 2022. Zen was arrested on charges of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces,” endangering national security, for serving as th…

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Hong Kong gives cardinal his passport back for Pope Francis's funeral

China is allowing former Hong Kong Archbishop Joseph Zen to leave the country to attend Pope Francis‘s funeral. The cardinal had his passport confiscated after he was arrested in 2022 for allegedly failing to register the pro-democracy 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund properly. His secretary told the Associated Press that the 93-year-old retired bishop departed Hong Kong for Rome on Wednesday. Zen was similarly granted permission to fly to Rome in 2…

Hong Kong court permits Cardinal Zen to travel for Pope Francis’ funeral

CV NEWS FEED // Cardinal Joseph Zen, a vocal critic of both Chinese government repression and the Vatican’s controversial dealings with Beijing, has been granted permission… The post Hong Kong court permits Cardinal Zen to travel for Pope Francis’ funeral appeared first on CatholicVote org.

Cardinal Zen permitted to leave Hong Kong for Pope Francis' funeral

The 93-year-old cardinal was given back his passport for the trip to Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral after querying the rushed start to pre-conclave meetings days earlier.

Court lets Cardinal Zen leave Hong Kong for pope’s funeral after passport earlier confiscated over security law arrest

Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the city to attend Pope Francis’ funeral at the Vatican.Zen, 93, left Hong Kong on Wednesday night after a court granted an application to temporarily return the retired bishop’s passport, his secretary told HKFP on Thursday.Joseph Zen. File photo: Supplied. She said Zen would return to Hong Kong after the late pope’s funeral, but did not provide an exact date.Pope Francis died on Monday …