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Cardinal Zen

Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen, 93, arrives at the Vatican April 28, 2025, to attend a general congregation meeting of the College of Cardinals in the New Synod Hall. A Hong Kong court on Sept. 3, 2026, rejected appeals brought by Cardinal Zen and four other defendants convicted in 2022 for failing to register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)

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Cardinal Zen loses appeal in Hong Kong protest fund case

Tyler Arnold|Sep 3, 2026|3 Min Read

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Cardinal Zen hospitalized in Hong Kong after returning from Benedict XVI’s funeral

Courtney Mares|Feb 1, 2023|2 Min Read

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Cardinal Zen appeals conviction in Hong Kong court

Courtney Mares|Dec 14, 2022|2 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong Sept. 26, 2022. The 90-year-old cardinal and five others returned to court Oct. 26 to face charges of failing to register a legal fund meant to help those involved in anti-government protests. (CNS photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)

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Cardinal Zen’s trial reopens in Hong Kong days after Vatican-China deal renewal

Courtney Mares|Oct 27, 2022|2 Min Read

A poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping hangs next to a crucifix on the wall of the house of a Tibetan Catholic on Christmas Eve in Niuren village, in China's Yunnan province, in this Dec. 24, 2018, file photo. (CNS photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)

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U.S. religious freedom commissioner: Vatican should ‘rethink’ China agreement

John Lavenburg|Oct 26, 2022|3 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong Sept. 26, 2022. The 90-year-old cardinal and five others have gone on trial for allegedly failing to register a now-defunct fund to help provide legal aid to people arrested in the 2019 pro-democracy protests. (CNS photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)

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Cardinal Zen’s second day in court: Magistrate rules there is sufficient evidence

Courtney Mares|Sep 28, 2022|2 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, celebrates Mass in Hong Kong May 24, 2022. (CNS photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)

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A handful of Catholic leaders and others voice support for Cardinal Zen as his trial begins

Zelda Caldwell and Courtney Mares|Sep 26, 2022|5 Min Read

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Cardinal Zen stands trial in Hong Kong

Courtney Mares|Sep 26, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis holds a letter presented by Cardinal Joseph Zen, retired archbishop of Hong Kong, during a general audience at the Vatican in 2018. (CNS/Paul Haring)

Explaining the pope’s discretion on a cardinal under fire in China

John L. Allen Jr.|Sep 23, 2022|5 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, arrives at West Kowloon Courts Oct. 15, 2020, to support pro-democracy activists who are facing charges related to an illegal vigil assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. At a pre-trial hearing in Hong Kong Aug. 9, 2022, a judge announced that Cardinal Zen and four other defendants will face a five-day trial Sept. 19-23 on charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters. (CNS photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)

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Hong Kong: Five-day trial set for Cardinal Zen, four defendants

Junno Arocho Esteves|Aug 11, 2022|3 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, celebrates Mass in Hong Kong May 24, 2022. May 24 is marked worldwide as the day for prayer for the church in China. (CNS photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)

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Cardinal Zen: ‘Martyrdom is normal in our Church’

Courtney Mares|May 25, 2022|2 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, prays in New York in a Feb. 15, 2020, file photo. Cardinal Zen and others have been charged with failing to properly register a protest fund. Their trial will begin Sept. 19, 2022. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

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Cardinal Zen charged with improperly registering fund, pleads not guilty

Catholic News Service|May 24, 2022|2 Min Read

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