Posts Tagged ‘Father Franco Mella’

Missionary priest’s hunger strike protests Hong Kong activists’ detention

Monday, July 18th, 2022

An elderly Catholic missionary in Hong Kong has launched a three-day hunger strike outside a high-security prison. He demands the release of politicians and activists incarcerated under the city’s Beijing-imposed controversial national security law. Father Franco Mella, 74, a member of the Milan-based Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions, has vowed to abstain from food as Read more