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...from Rome. So we had a very clear division of the two parts. Then, little by little, we had the chance to see the reality that even those in the so-called official church were much attached to Rome in their hearts. On the occasion of my ordination as bishop, I told people clearly that we consider both the underground church and the official church as our brothers. But actually it's not that easy to help the underground, and it's becoming more difficult...
Since becoming Hong Kong's number two-ranking Catholic prelate in 1996, Bishop Joseph Zen has been an advocate for human rights and religious freedom. Following last month's death of Cardinal John Wu, Zen now leads the city's 227,000 Catholics?and he tells TIME's Bryan Walsh he doesn't plan to pipe down...
...feel any pressure to mute your criticism of the government? Before, I was just assistant bishop, but now I'm the bishop, so maybe I have to be a little more indirect...
...illustrate, Heaney read a few different poets’ thoughts on composition, including William Butler Yeats, William Wordsworth, T.S. Eliot, Wilfred Owen and Elizabeth Bishop...
DIED. CARDINAL JOHN BAPTIST WU, 77, head of Hong Kong's Catholic Diocese who guided the territory's 350,000-strong Catholic community through the handover from British to Chinese rule; in Hong Kong. Ordained to the priesthood in 1952, Wu was named a Bishop in 1975 and appointed Hong Kong's first Cardinal...