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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.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 24, 2025Apr 24, 2025

Cardinal Zen questions rushed timing of pre-conclave Vatican meetings

Cardinal Joseph Zen queried the speed behind the Vatican's commencement of the pre-conclave General Congregations, though others have waived aside concerns.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 22, 2025

Cardinal Zen issues rebuke of canon lawyer’s defense of the Synod on Synodality

Answering the arguments of a canon lawyer, Cardinal Zen rejected the notion that a pope could use a global Synod as if it were a diocesan event to push through his personal goals.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Feb 7, 2025Feb 7, 2025

Leading Amazon cardinal decries ‘resistance’ to Synod as ‘rejection of dialogue’

Cardinal Ulrich Steiner's words provide yet another example of the fiercely boiling civil war now erupting in the Church, as cardinals publicly debate about the nature of the Church and Her doctrines, following the openness and relativistic terms of the Synod on Synodality.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Feb 7, 2025Feb 7, 2025

Cardinal Zen criticizes Vatican jubilee mascot ‘Luce,’ calls for patron saint instead

Cardinal Joseph Zen criticized the Vatican’s anime-style Jubilee mascot ‘Luce,’ created by a company linked to pro-LGBT merchandise, as ‘something superstitious’ as he called for a greater focus on faith and the grace of the jubilee over commercial appeal.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jan 29, 2025Jan 29, 2025

Cardinal Zen on the Synod: The Holy Spirit cannot ‘overturn’ His own teachings

Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen criticized the Synod on Synodality for attempting to revisit settled Church teachings, stressing that the Holy Spirit cannot ‘change’ Church doctrine while challenging Pope Francis’ emphasis on the evolving ‘synodal process.’

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jan 7, 2025

China demands more ‘rigorous governance of religion,’ mandates Catholics study socialism

According to a state issued letter, the Chinese government has tasked Catholics and Christians to 'thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism,' especially 'General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on religious work.'

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jan 3, 2025Jan 3, 2025

Cardinal Zen: Pope Francis uses synods in attempt to ‘change Church’s doctrines’

In a recent article published in multiple languages, Hong Kong’s emeritus Cardinal Zen once more delivered a strident criticism of the recently concluded Synod on Synodality.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Nov 11, 2024Nov 12, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: British lord condemns renewal of Vatican deal with Communist China

Lord Alton told LifeSiteNews that 'the Vatican’s silence on human rights and religious freedom in China is profoundly disappointing and dangerously counterproductive.'

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Oct 24, 2024Nov 14, 2024

Vatican renews its secretive deal with China for appointing bishops

The highly secretive and controversial Sino-Vatican deal lauded by Pope Francis and Cardinal Pietro Parolin has been renewed for four years. It was launched in 2018 and has been criticized by numerous religious and political figures internationally.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Oct 22, 2024Oct 23, 2024

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

Cardinal Zen questions rushed timing of pre-conclave Vatican meetings

Cardinal Zen issues rebuke of canon lawyer’s defense of the Synod on Synodality

Leading Amazon cardinal decries ‘resistance’ to Synod as ‘rejection of dialogue’

Cardinal Zen criticizes Vatican jubilee mascot ‘Luce,’ calls for patron saint instead

Cardinal Zen on the Synod: The Holy Spirit cannot ‘overturn’ His own teachings

China demands more ‘rigorous governance of religion,’ mandates Catholics study socialism

Cardinal Zen: Pope Francis uses synods in attempt to ‘change Church’s doctrines’

EXCLUSIVE: British lord condemns renewal of Vatican deal with Communist China

Vatican renews its secretive deal with China for appointing bishops