Speaking to LifeSiteNews in Rome, soon-to-be Cardinal Stephen Chow fielded questions about the Sino-Vatican deal and argued Cardinal Zen supported him.
'The Trudeau government is lending Canada’s good name to Beijing and giving it the veneer of respectability of doing something on climate change. That’s why we are calling on Minister Guilbeault to resign as Executive Vice-Chairman of Beijing’s Council and for the Trudeau government to cancel further funding.'
A Hong Kong magistrate said that evidence presented during a preliminary hearing this week was sufficient to send Cardinal Zen, along with five others, to stand trial in October.
The Vatican's top officials in Taiwan and Hong Kong were reassigned with one week of each other as Nuncios in Africa, prompting concerns about possible relations with China.