Political situation
Written by: Peng Zhuowei
2021-05-17 16:44
Last update date: 2021-05-17 19:54
The post of the Catholic Bishop of the Hong Kong Diocese has been suspended since the death of the former Bishop Yang Mingzhang in January 2019. The Vatican today (17th) officially appointed Zhou Shouren, the President of the Society of Jesuits of China and the supervisor of the Huaren School of Education, as the new bishop of the Catholic Hong Kong Diocese.
The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong stated that it will arrange for Father Zhou Shouren to meet with the media at 10 am tomorrow (18th).
According to the Catholic Church, until Father Zhou Shouren accepts the ordination and takes office in the cathedral on December 4, the current Apostle Cardinal Tang Han will continue to be in charge of the diocese.
A clergyman revealed that the Holy See had been looking for a bishop candidate for the past two years. Zhou Shouren had declined to serve as a bishop, but Father Zhou had changed his mind earlier.
The person described that Zhou Shouren worked for a long time in religious congregations and schools, and rarely participated in diocese affairs. He was low-key, moderate, and had no obvious political inclinations. He believed that he was an acceptable candidate for China.
The current supervisor of the Huaren College in Kowloon and Hong Kong
After the death of Yang Mingzhang, the former bishop of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong, in January 2019, the Vatican appointed the former bishop Cardinal Tong Han as the apostle. The bishop of the diocese of Hong Kong has been suspended for more than two years. Earlier, the auxiliary bishops of the diocese Xia Zhicheng and Father Cai Huimin were the assistant bishops of the diocese. Popular successor candidates.
Zhou Shouren, 62, was ordained a priest in 1994. Since 2018, he has served as the President of the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesuits. He is also the supervisor of the Huaren College in Kowloon and the Huaren College in Hong Kong.
Zhou Shouren studied at Huaren College in Hong Kong, and later studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Minnesota in the United States. After returning to Hong Kong, he taught in Kowloon and Huaren in Hong Kong. In 2006, he obtained a doctorate in education from Harvard University.
After the National Security Law took effect, I wrote to students: schools are not a platform for political mobilization
During the anti-amendment law turmoil in 2019, Zhou Shouren wrote on Facebook that it was acceptable to handle differences in a peaceful manner, but the most unwilling violence has been escalating. He said, "Unfortunately, different people have chosen. Solving problems with violence has turned the original good-hearted "initial heart" into a dullness." He once interviewed and pointed out that it is illegal to propose "Hong Kong independence". Students need to know the legal consequences, but they also need to understand why some people think Hong Kong needs independence. The principle is the same as he used to teach contraception and abortion.
After the "Hong Kong National Security Law" took effect last year, Zhou Shouren sent a letter to two Huaren Colleges, emphasizing that the school is not a political organization, nor a platform for political mobilization, reminding students to pay attention to the legal consequences of their behavior under social and political disturbances. .
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