Dialogue with the state ‘not about kowtowing’, says HK bishop

Bishop Stephen Chow has elaborated on his call for Catholics “to love our country and our Church at the same time,” and the problems and limits that entails for Chinese Catholics.

Bishop Stephen Chow of Hong Kong elaborated Friday on his call for Chinese Catholics “to love our country and our Church at the same time” — a call the bishop also gave during a recent and historic trip to Beijing. 

Bishop Stephen Chow of Hong Kong. Credit: Diocese of Hong Kong.

In a column for the diocese’s Sunday Examiner newspaper, published Friday, th…