AsiaNews: The Hong Kong Justice and Peace Commission has launched a campaign to get Chinese authorities to free Mgr Augustine Cui Tai, coadjutor bishop of Xuanhua (Hebei). The prelate disappeared in the hands of the police in mid-April 2018 and, since then, his whereabouts remain unknown.
Mgr Cui Tai, who is recognised by the Holy See, belongs to the underground Church. Previously he spent years in re-education camps and under house arrest for refusing to submit to the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, which seeks to build a Church independent of the Holy See.
Card Joseph Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, supports the appeal, as he did last year (pictured). Here is the text of the appeal.
The coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Xuanhua (Hebei province), Mgr Augustine Cui Tai was taken away by government officials in mid-April 2018. So far, his fate remains unknown. Report is here.
