Editorial


        At 8 P.M. on April 30, 2009, at a moving ceremony in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception before a packed crowd of Catholics from all walks of life, Cardinal Joseph Zen officially handed over the reins of Ordinary of the Hong Kong Diocese to Bishop  ......

　

Interview with Bishop John Tong

By Gianni Criveller, PIME

        I am quite familiar with the pastoral objectives of the diocese, since I served as one of the vicars general since 1992. The main objective in my service as the Ordinary of Hong Kong will be encouraging all the Catholics to implement the pastoral priorities set by  ......

　

2009: The Year of Anniversaries

By Gianni Criveller, PIME

        In China, the year 2009 has a special name: the year of anniversaries. And once again, the Chinese people are subject to control and monitoring by the authorities. This is due to the sensitivity of the issues commemorated. Unfortunately this situation is repeating itself   .......

　

Remembering the Martyr-Victims of Tiananmen Twenty Years Later

Santiago Miro

        I was born in 1949, which means this year I am 60 years old, the same age as the People's Republic of China. We have grown up together. When I was 17, I came to China. That was in 1966, the year that Mao Zedong unleashed the Cultural Revolution. .......

　

Chinese Leaders Should Have Confidence

Kwok Nai Wang, translated by Purple Kwong

        Time passes quickly; it's twenty years since the June 4th Incident. Perhaps time will water down the tragedy that stunned the world. Moreover, Deng, Li and Yang, the Chinese leaders at that time who had ordered the military crackdown and the clearance of  ......

　

Lou Tseng-Tsiang, A Lover of His Church and of His Country

Chen Fang-Chung, translated by Purple Kwong

        Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871-1949) was a renowned diplomat, who was born to a Protestant family in Shanghai. His father was a catechist for a Protestant pastor. Lou Tseng-Tsiang began his education in a private village school, then studied at a language school in Shanghai  ......