Pope Francis has a golden opportunity to make amends for his treatment of Cardinal Joseph Zen, set to go on trial in Hong Kong. The trial of Cardinal Zen has now been delayed after one judge tested positive for COVID. It is now set for September 21 instead.
Zen – a long-standing critic of the Vatican’s accommodation with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who was made a cardinal by Benedict XVI – was arrested under China’s national security law. He and four others now face charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help protesters.
