Although it has taken more than 400 years, the sainthood cause of Jesuit Father Matteo Ricci, the 16th-century missionary to China, is back on track. Bishop Claudio Giuliodori, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Macerata, Italy, where....
Jesuit Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian of Shanghai, a prominent figure in the Chinese Catholic Church, died April 27 of pancreatic cancer. He was 96. “Bishop Jin was a towering figure in the history of the....
Rare works of Jesuit missionaries in China can now be viewed with a click of the mouse. Australian Jesuit Father Jeremy Clarke, an assistant professor of history at Boston College, has launched the website Beyond Ricci,....
At the beginning of his documentary, “Beyond Ricci: Celebrating 400 Years of the Chinese Catholic Church,” Australian Jesuit Father Jeremy Clarke, Boston College Assistant Professor of History, speaks directly to his audience. “This is not....
