Washington D.C., Apr 3, 2023 / 11:00 am
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco will hold a eucharistic Holy Hour and rosary Monday evening for the people of Hong Kong, directing prayers to leading freedom advocates Cardinal Joseph Zen and Jimmy Lai in particular.
The Holy Hour will take place at 6:30 p.m. PST at St. Anne of the Sunset Church in San Francisco.
As the Chinese Communist Party attempts to tighten its hold on every aspect of culture and life in China and Hong Kong, religious freedom in the region is increasingly threatened.
Because Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, Hong Kongers have historically enjoyed greater freedom of religion than on the Chinese mainland, where religious believers of all stripes are routinely surveilled and restricted by the communist government. But in recent years, Beijing has tightened control over religious practices in Hong Kong under the guise of protecting national security.