Posts Tagged ‘Hong Kong Federation of Catholic Students’

Tiananmen Square memorial Masses cancelled in Hong Kong

Thursday, June 2nd, 2022
Tiananmen Square Hong Kong

Church services in Hong Kong to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been cancelled amid fears of breaching security laws. Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020 to snuff out pro-democracy demonstrations. The security law has effectively erased reminders of China’s bloody suppression of the protests in the Chinese capital 33 years Read more

Hong Kong Catholics call for calm

Monday, August 12th, 2019

Over 1,000 Catholics marched through central Hong Kong by candlelight last Thursday night to call for calm and a break from hostilities in the recent political crisis that has seen thousands of protesters clash with police. The vigil was organised by the Justice and Peace Commission of Hong Kong Diocese, Hong Kong Federation of Catholic Read more