The nonagenarian Cardinal Zen, Bishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, belonging to the very highest echelon of the Roman Catholic Church, who was arrested by the Hong Kong government (HKgov), stood in the dock on Sept. 26. The silence of the Holy See has been criticized both inside and outside the Catholic Church, and has also sparked heated discussions on Sino-Vatican relations.
Some commentators think that Zen was “abandoned by the Pope;” Some people think that as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) saw the current weakness of the Vatican, it did not shy away from arresting Zen in a high-profile manner. In fact, both the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong and the Pope held back from criticising the CCP regarding the incident….