Cardinal Zen Lashes Out Against China’s Communist Government

Never a man to mince words, Cardinal Zen urges Catholics not to “kneel down” but stand tall, maintain dignity.

UCANews: Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong sharply criticized the Chinese authorities’ recently released white paper that emphasized Beijing’s total control of the special administrative region. “You (the Chinese communists) can tie me up, can take me away, chop my head off, but not as a slave,” said the cardinal in an online radio program yesterday evening. Hong Kong people should “not succumb to fate but maintain one’s own dignity,” the cardinal said, warning that “if we kneel down, everything will be finished.” Read more here.