Fri May 13, 2022 – 2:32 pm EDT
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – According to Vatican News, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, has said of Cardinal Joseph Zen’s recent arrest and release in Hong Kong by the national security police that “the event should not be read as ‘a disavowal’ of the agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China on the appointments of bishops.”
The Secretary of State made the comments to reporters in Rome at an event held at the Pontifical Gregorian University conducted by the John Paul I Vatican Foundation. He said that he was “saddened” by the arrest, and expressed his “closeness to the cardinal, who was freed and treated well.” However, he voiced his hope that “initiatives such as this one will not complicate the already complex and not simple path of dialogue between the Holy
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