After the Opium War (1840-42) Britain and other Western powers forced China to legalize the opium trade; menacing British warships lined China’s shores as officials were forced to sign a series of one-sided agreements. China […]
Yesterday, April 24th, Gonzaga University’s Faith and Reason Institute welcomed the distinguished Jesuit philosopher and writer, Fr. James V. Schall, SJ, who gave an address, “On Remembering What We Know”, in honor of the prolific […]
Resistance “Our greatest success is not in never falling, but in rising again every time we fall.” — Confucius China’s Catholic response to its new government was simple: resistance. The historical pattern for Catholics in […]
After two decades of government imposed house arrest, Shanghai’s Vatican approved bishop, Joseph Fan Zhongliang, SJ, has died. Few Catholics outside of China knew that Bishop Fan was Shanghai’s ordinary, and even fewer in China […]
[Editor’s note: Part 1 of “China’s Modern Martyr’s: From Mao to Now” was published on June 13, 2013.] Part 2, Torments “The body of Christ which is the Church, like the human body, was first […]
Part 1, Accusations “He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.” John 1:10 I have just returned from another year in China where I […]
In the wake of China’s 18th National Congress of the Communist Party, held in November 2012, the Party has renewed its dedication to asserting its ideology. Beijing has redrawn the line between the Church in […]
China’s most famous—and most powerful—Catholic bishop has died. When I last saw him in 2011, I knew then that age was finally catching up with Shanghai’s remarkable and indefatigable prelate. As we sat together, I […]
The April 1st edition of China Daily includes a story titled, “Catholics in China celebrate Easter”: The problem? First, the picture is of a Chinese Protestant service, not a Catholic service. Strange. The story also […]
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