Communist China is targeting children of human rights advocates amid increasing gov’t suppression
A report describes Chinese authorities persecuting human rights advocates and their family members as 'acts of collective punishment.'
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Articles tagged Hong Kong
Cardinal Müller slams ‘disgraceful’ Vatican meeting with German bishops to ‘negotiate faith and morals’
Cardinal Müller condemned as ‘unfathomable’ the ‘absurdity’ of German bishops negotiating Catholic doctrine in Rome ‘as if the Church’s teachings were an offer to be sold to the highest bidder in the supermarket of ideologies.’
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Catholic priest says Hong Kong clergy will go to prison before violating seal of Confession
In an interview with LifeSiteNews, the Hong Kong priest also criticized Cardinal Stephen Chow for refusing to condemn the island’s draconian national security law, saying he ‘hid himself behind the social communications office.’
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Hong Kong passes national security law which activists warn attacks seal of confession
Fears raised for the future of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong look to be well supported after legislators passed Article 23 of the draconian National Security Law, especially as the Vatican is likely set to renew its secretive deal with China later this year.
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Hong Kong’s Cardinal Chow refuses to condemn new law which could attack seal of confession
While Cardinal Chow has not criticized the communist legislation, Benedict Rogers of Hong Kong Watch condemned its infringement on religious freedom and confidentiality rights, effectively forcing Catholic priests to break the seal of confession.
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Religious freedom advocates condemn new Hong Kong law which could attack seal of confession
Hong Kong’s new Beijing-backed ‘domestic security’ law would force Catholic priests to break the Seal of Confession if they hear a person confess a ‘crime of treason,’ in violation of Church law.
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Hong Kong law will drive clergy into hiding to avoid violating seal of confession: priest
The government’s new domestic security law continues a move toward a hostile environment for Catholics in Hong Kong that mirrors more and more the persecution of the underground Church in mainland China.
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14 years in prison threatened for Hong Kong priests who refuse to break seal of confession
Clergy members could face 14 years in prison for refusing to reveal any crimes of 'treason' they hear confessed.
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Proposed Hong Kong law could cut off island’s Catholics from the Vatican
The incoming Article 23 will add new offenses to those already extant under the National Security Law imposed on Hong Kong.
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Catholic diocese of Hong Kong ‘working with CCP’ to effect ‘Sinicization’: report
Titled ‘Hostile Takeover: The CCP and Hong Kong’s Religious Communities,’ the report accuses Cdl. Chow of assisting the communist agenda, including promoting the Sinicization of the Church.
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