Cardinal Zen thanks Bishop Schneider for conference on hostile takeover within Church

Cardinal Joseph Zen thanked Bishop Athanasius Schneider for sharing an anecdote and reflections during a keynote speech at the Catholic Identity Conference in Pittsburgh. The conference, organized by The Remnant, took place from October 2 to 4.

In his address titled "The Victory of Christ Over the Hostile Takeover Within the Church," Bishop Schneider, an auxiliary bishop of Astana, recounted a conversation from many years ago in Hong Kong. Schneider described how Zen, the emeritus bishop of Hong Kong, sang the Gregorian chant "Exsurge" to a cardinal in Rome who had remained indifferent to an important Church matter.

Zen, who is 94 years old, expressed his gratitude to Schneider on X by sharing a video of the presentation. During the talk, Schneider noted that Zen sang the chant after being asked about his favorite introit.