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A Christmas message from Cardinal Tong
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Christmas is approaching. As we contemplate the beautiful scene of the Holy Family, immersed in peace and serenity, with the Infant Jesus in a manger, we cannot but recall the many events that, in sharp contrast, have taken place in Hong Kong, our home, over the past several years. |
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A Message for Pro-Life Day 2019
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We celebrate our third Pro-Life Day on the Feast of the Visitation at the end of May. The choice of this Feast to promote the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death is particularly appropriate, in that the reality of the unborn Word of God having been brought to visit and to bless his cousin John the Baptist, causing the latter to leap in the womb for joy, to emphasise the human dignity and rights of the unborn, which we can now visualise with 4D ultrasound technology from early pregnancy. ![]() |
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Lenten message from our apostolic administrator
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“Do not let people disregard you because you are young” |
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Cardinal Tong at peace prayer meet in Kyoto
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KYOTO (SE): Two days after stepping down as bishop of Hong Kong, John Cardinal Tong Hon travelled to Kyoto in Japan as a representative of Pope Francis at the 30th annual Prayer Meeting on Mount Hiei, a gathering that brings people from all religions together to pray and work for peace. |
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Bishop’s pastoral letter for Lent
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ These words from the Bible tell us Lent is coming and remind us to see life as a pilgrimage. We are seekers in mind and spirit. This journey that begins in the heart leads us to search for God’s will in our lives. |
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Widely varied reaction to Cardinal Tong
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HONG KONG (SE): The future of the Sino-Vatican dialogue from an ecclesiological point of view published by the bishop of Hong Kong, John Cardinal Tong Hon, in the Sunday Examiner on February 12 is reminiscent of a university debate where one team sets up and defends a hypothetical argument and the other attacks it. |
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The future of the Sino-Vatican dialogue from an ecclesiological point of view
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By John Cardinal Tong
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Bishop’s Christmas greetings to the city
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HONG KONG (SE): In wishing the people of Hong Kong a Christmas celebration filled with peace and joy, the bishop of the city, John Cardinal Tong Hon, made a call for young people to be given prominence, asking that even though they may hold divergent views from mainstream society, they be listened to carefully and their opinion taken seriously. He points out that as we look back over the past 12 months, we have to recall that it was a year full of tension, which has caused much pain in the wider society. |
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Catholic leaders caution against extreme reactions to China cross removals
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hong kong (Agencies): “Whatever those in power do, their first question now is how they can best serve their own interests, rather than socialism or any common purpose,” CNS reported Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, as telling the Ninth European Catholic China Colloquium, held from September 10 to 13 at the Konstancin-Jeziorna Mission Animation Centre near Warsaw, Poland. |
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Cardinal holds hopes for Matteo Ricci canonisation
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ROME (SE): “China has already honoured him and now it is possible that the pope too will honour him declaring him a saint,” the bishop of Hong Kong, John Cardinal Tong Hon, said of the great Jesuit missionary to China, Father Matteo Ricci, who died in Beijing in 1610. |
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