University St. Franciszka is the fourth private university in the former British colony. Last autumn, the Accreditation Council for Academic and Vocational Qualifications of Hong Kong already confirmed that all the necessary requirements have been met. The only thing missing was the official approval of the local government, led by Chief Minister John Lee, which had already become official.
The official establishment of the University St. Francis said this is the fulfillment of a long-standing wish of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong. In the 1970s, then-Bishop Francis Hsu campaigned for a Catholic-inspired university. “Caritas Frances Hsu College” was established under its name in 1985, from which the Caritas Institute of Higher Education later emerged, and is highly regarded in Hong Kong, especially for the training of nurses and social workers.
Together with the Caritas Bianchi Higher Vocational School – named after missionary Lorenzo Bianchi, who was bishop in Hong Kong until 1969 – the new academic institution now offers university courses in 35 different disciplines, including social sciences, engineering and economics. About 2500 students. The current archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Stephen Chow, actively supported the idea of a Catholic university in Hong Kong when it was still the superior of the local Jesuits.
The fight against religion
In the last five years, the Chinese state It is strictly prohibited All children with any contact with religion, churches were monitored based on facial recognition and linked to social scores. During this period, the printing of the Bible was restricted and censored, and Beijing arrested Christian bishops and pastors and censored their sermons to conform to Xi Jinping's ideology.
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