VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Sunday “I attentively and actively follow the often complex
life and the matters of the faithful and pastors, and I pray every day for
them,” the pontiff told the public gathered in St. Peter’s Square. Francis said
he took the chance to “assure them once again of my spiritual closeness”,
without directly referencing a 90-year-old cardinal arrested in Hong Kong this
month.
Retired cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the
most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, was among a group of veteran democracy
advocates arrested in Hong Kong earlier this month for “colluding with foreign
forces”.
Zen has been critical of the Vatican’s
decision to reach a compromise with China over the appointment of bishops on
the mainland, and critics have accused the Vatican of downplaying his arrest.
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VATICAN CITY —
Pope Francis said Sunday “I attentively and actively follow the often complex
life and the matters of the faithful and pastors, and I pray every day for
them,” the pontiff told the public gathered in St. Peter’s Square. Francis said
he took the chance to “assure them once again of my spiritual closeness”,
without directly referencing a 90-year-old cardinal arrested in Hong Kong this
month.
Retired cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the
most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, was among a group of veteran democracy
advocates arrested in Hong Kong earlier this month for “colluding with foreign
forces”.
Zen has been critical of the Vatican’s
decision to reach a compromise with China over the appointment of bishops on
the mainland, and critics have accused the
Vatican of downplaying his arrest.
Read more Region and World
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