Posted on 11/19/2014 9:40:10 AM PST by marshmallow
In addition to the three main languages, Italian, English and Spanish, plus a recently launched section in Arabic, the website will now also offer some of its content in Chinese, widening its international readership even further. Half of Vatican Insider’s readers reside outside Italy
Speaking to journalists on the return flight from South Korea to Rome last August, Pope Francis answered a question about the Vatican’s dialogue with China. He said he prayed when his plane entered Chinese airspace (this was the first time a Pope had flown over China) on the way to South Korea. “I went back to my seat and I prayed a lot for that beautiful and noble Chinese people. A wise people. I think of the great Chinese sages, a history of science and knowledge. Also we Jesuits have a history there, also Father (Matteo) Ricci.” “Do I want to go to China? Of course: tomorrow! Oh, yes. We respect the Chinese people; it is just that the Church seeks freedom for her mission, for her work; no other condition.”
Vatican Insider has frequently published news stories and analysis on the life of the Church in China and the problems it faces, the Holy See’s often difficult and troubled dialogue with China’s leadership and the affairs of a Catholic community that has made it through tough times and persecution. It is also evident that China is becoming an increasingly important player on the global stage. This is one of the reasons why any action involving China and its immense population, is inevitably in the interests of today’s Church, given its wish to expand its universal mission. In terms of its relations with a wide variety of political and geopolitical figures the Church wishes to fulfil its vocation of solving disputes, finding solutions and ways forward and....
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I’m assuming this will be in modernized hanzi for the mainland Han Chinese, rather than the traditional hanzi for the Taiwanese. It’s a good move, of course.
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