Rely on faith, Hong Kong religious leaders say in Lunar New Year message
Religious leaders in Hong Kong sent wishes for health and happiness to mark the Lunar New Year and acknowledged the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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by bcadmin | Feb 9, 2021 | Cardinal John Tong Hon, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, China, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, Hong Kong, New Year, News | 0 |
Religious leaders in Hong Kong sent wishes for health and happiness to mark the Lunar New Year and acknowledged the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 13, 2020 | Cardinal John Tong Hon, Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, Church in Asia, Hong Kong, lead, News, Vatican-China | 0 |
The arrest of prominent Catholic millionaire and media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong along with two of his sons and two executives of his Next Media company under China’s new national security law has raised concerns that prominent Catholic leaders he has supported could be next.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 3, 2020 | Cardinal John Tong Hon, Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, Church in Asia, Hong Kong, lead, News, Vatican-China | 0 |
Cardinal Joseph Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong and a longtime critic of the Chinese Communist Party, has called a new national security law the end of democracy and said he does not envy the area’s current Church leaders, who he said will be walking a tightrope as Beijing exerts more control.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 26, 2020 | Cardinal John Tong Hon, China, Church in Asia, Hong Kong, lead, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican-China | 0 |
In a recent interview, Cardinal John Tong, former bishop and current administer of the Hong Kong diocese, has said he does not believe a new security law, which many fear will limit democracy in the territory, will pose a threat to religious freedom.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2020 | Cardinal John Tong Hon, China, Hong Kong, News, World News | 0 |
Cardinal John Tong Hon, the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Hong Kong, has rejected concerns over new security laws imposed by Beijing
The post New Hong Kong laws will have ‘no effect’ on religious freedom says cardinal appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 25, 2020 | Cardinal John Tong Hon, China, Church in Asia, COVID-19, democracy, Hong Kong, lead, News, Religious Freedom | 0 |
On Friday Cardinal John Tong Hon, administrator of the Hong Kong, announced that the city will return to public Masses in June – at the same time China is expected to pass a new national security law that has pro-democracy activists already taking to the streets.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 14, 2020 | Cardinal John Tong Hon, Church in Asia, Coronavirus, Hong Kong, lead, News | 0 |
Responding to a government appeal for citizens to stay home in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the administrator of the Hong Kong diocese has suspended public Masses until the end of the month, including the Ash Wednesday service marking the beginning of the Lenten season.
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