{"id":71456,"date":"2026-01-19T11:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=71456"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:45:22","slug":"daughter-of-political-prisoner-jimmy-lai-speaks-out-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/daughter-of-political-prisoner-jimmy-lai-speaks-out-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Dochter van politiek gevangene Jimmy Lai spreekt zich voor het eerst uit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Claire Lai, daughter of imprisoned Hong Kong activist and Catholic Jimmy Lai, speaks with EWTN News President Montse Alvarado on \u201cEWTN News Nightly\u201d on Dec. 8, 2025. \/ Credit: \u201cEWTN News Nightly\u201d\/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 9, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). Daughter of imprisoned Catholic activist Jimmy Lai spoke out for the first time ahead of her father\u2019s 78th birthday.&nbsp;\u201cAs a daughter, every day I wake up and I hope that today is the day we get my dad\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claire Lai, daughter of imprisoned Hong Kong activist and Catholic Jimmy Lai, speaks with EWTN News President Montse Alvarado on \u201cEWTN News Nightly\u201d on Dec. 8, 2025. \/ Credit: \u201cEWTN News Nightly\u201d\/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 9, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). Daughter of imprisoned Catholic activist Jimmy Lai spoke out for the first time ahead of her father\u2019s 78th birthday.&nbsp;\u201cAs a daughter, every day I wake up and I hope that today is the day we get my dad\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":75522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-71456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77350,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/catholic-activist-jimmy-lai-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-in-hong-kong-national-security-trial\/","url_meta":{"origin":71456,"position":0},"title":"Catholic activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong national security trial","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"april 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Jimmy Lai, the human rights advocate and outspoken Catholic who has faced what supporters say has been years of politicized prosecution and conviction in Hong Kong, was sentenced on Feb. 9 to 20 years in prison over what Chinese officials claim were national security violations. The sentencing comes after Lai&#x27;s December conviction under China&#x27;s wide-reaching security law, which capped a years-long legal process during which he was found guilty on multiple other charges including fraud and unlawful assembly. Lai, who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":79541,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/pope-cannot-comment-on-jimmy-lais-imprisonment\/","url_meta":{"origin":71456,"position":1},"title":"Pope &#8216;cannot comment&#8217; on Jimmy Lai&#8217;s imprisonment","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"maart 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY \u2014 Pope Leo XIV told EWTN News he \u201ccannot comment\u201d on Jimmy Lai, the Catholic founder and publisher of the outspoken pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily, who was sentenced Feb. 9 on charges Chinese authorities say violate national security laws. The sentence came after his conviction in December, a case his supporters have denounced as a politically driven show trial.Pope Leo XIV met with Lai\u02bcs wife and daughter before the sentencing in October 2025. The pope has not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pope 'cannot comment' on Jimmy Lai's imprisonment","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pope-cannot-comment-on-Jimmy-Lais-imprisonment.jpg?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pope-cannot-comment-on-Jimmy-Lais-imprisonment.jpg?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pope-cannot-comment-on-Jimmy-Lais-imprisonment.jpg?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pope-cannot-comment-on-Jimmy-Lais-imprisonment.jpg?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pope-cannot-comment-on-Jimmy-Lais-imprisonment.jpg?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":77509,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/jimmy-lais-family-responds-to-20-year-prison-sentence\/","url_meta":{"origin":71456,"position":2},"title":"Jimmy Lai\u2019s family responds to 20-year prison sentence","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"april 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Jimmy Lai\u2019s family is calling on national leaders to help free the Catholic pro-democracy activist after he received a 20-year prison sentence from a Hong Kong high court.\u201cThe life expectancy of the average male in Hong Kong is 83. My father was handed a 20-year sentence. He is five years from 83. Just looking at this objectively, this has to be solved, sovereign to sovereign,\u201d Claire Lai, Jimmy Lai\u2019s daughter, said during a Feb. 9 press conference.Jimmy Lai, founder and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9023,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/st-maximilian-kolbes-beard-ewtn-friars-draw-inspiration-from-unusual-relic\/","url_meta":{"origin":71456,"position":3},"title":"St. Maximilian Kolbe\u2019s beard: EWTN friars draw inspiration from unusual relic","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"maart 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Maximilian Kolbe. \/ Credit: Wikimedia Commons\/public domain CNA Staff, Aug 14, 2024 \/ 16:06 pm (CNA). Aug. 14 is the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a saint best known for his heroic martyrdom at Auschwitz in 1941, when he volunteered to be executed in place of another prisoner.&nbsp;Like many Catholic saints, there exist today relics of Father Kolbe \u2014 pieces of a saint\u2019s body (first-class) or objects they owned (second-class) that are honored by the Catholic faithful\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57570,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/director-of-jerusalem-pontifical-mission-assesses-situation-in-gaza-after-church-attack\/","url_meta":{"origin":71456,"position":4},"title":"Director of Jerusalem Pontifical Mission assesses situation in Gaza after church attack","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"augustus 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Joseph Hazboun, the regional director at the Pontifical Mission in the Jerusalem field office, speaks to Tara Mergener on &quot;EWTN News Nightly,&quot; Friday, July 18, 2025 \/ Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 \/ 09:00 am (CNA). In the wake of an Israeli missile strike on Gaza\u2019s only Catholic church this week that left three dead, the regional director of the Jerusalem field office for the Pontifical Mission, Joseph Hazboun, spoke with \u201cEWTN News Nightly\u201d on July\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Director of Jerusalem Pontifical Mission assesses situation in Gaza after church attack","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Director-of-Jerusalem-Pontifical-Mission-assesses-situation-in-Gaza-after-church-attack.webp?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Director-of-Jerusalem-Pontifical-Mission-assesses-situation-in-Gaza-after-church-attack.webp?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Director-of-Jerusalem-Pontifical-Mission-assesses-situation-in-Gaza-after-church-attack.webp?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Director-of-Jerusalem-Pontifical-Mission-assesses-situation-in-Gaza-after-church-attack.webp?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":58572,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/how-pope-leo-xiv-can-influence-the-catholic-churchs-new-social-media-missionaries\/","url_meta":{"origin":71456,"position":5},"title":"How Pope Leo XIV can influence the Catholic Church\u2019s new social media missionaries","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"augustus 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter\u2019s Square for his Angelus address on July 6, 2025. \/ Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jul 28, 2025 \/ 13:09 pm (CNA). The Vatican welcomes more than a thousand social media influencers to Rome this week for an event intended to shape a new generation of Catholic missionaries \u2014 those sharing Christ on the internet. An active social media user, Pope Leo XIV is ready to help the Church navigate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"How Pope Leo XIV can influence the Catholic Church\u2019s new social media missionaries","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-Pope-Leo-XIV-can-influence-the-Catholic-Churchs-new-social-media-missionaries.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-Pope-Leo-XIV-can-influence-the-Catholic-Churchs-new-social-media-missionaries.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-Pope-Leo-XIV-can-influence-the-Catholic-Churchs-new-social-media-missionaries.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-Pope-Leo-XIV-can-influence-the-Catholic-Churchs-new-social-media-missionaries.webp?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Daughter-of-political-prisoner-Jimmy-Lai-speaks-out-for-the-first-time.webp?fit=800%2C445&ssl=1","mfb_acf":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71456"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=71456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}