The Catholic Church in China is being “murdered” while the Vatican stands idly by. So alleged Cardinal Joseph Zen in an appeal he sent to the world’s 223 cardinals in September but only recently made public.

This columnist caught up with the cardinal on Thursday in New York. He was just back from Washington, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi presented him with the Chinese Democracy Champion Prize on behalf of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation. Asked about his talk of “murder,” he doubles down.

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