Posted on 07/26/2017 1:55:21 AM PDT by OrthodoxIndianCatholic
Introduction :
Catholicism was introduced in China in the Middle Ages by an Italian Jesuit Missionary called "Matteo Ricci".
Thereafter, It got an impetus from Belgian Catholic Missionaries most notably from the Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary also known as "Scheut Missionaries".
Hebei is the largest and most numerous Catholic Province in China with an estimated population of 1 Million Catholics.
Other Traditional Catholic Strongholds in Mainland China are North- Western Shaanxi, Central Shanxi, and Zhejiang Provinces -- All of them with estimated Catholic Populations of more than 200,000 each.
This is all due to the untiring efforts of Zealous Chinese Catholic Priests, Nuns, and most importantly "Catechists" who play a pivotal role in introducing Wannabe's to the Catholic Faith.
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Greetings from Mumbai, India.
It seems that 100,000 Chinese Adults annually convert to Catholicism on the Chinese Mainland.
They are doing this because they are fed up with rampant materialism from Beijing to Shanghai.
The Work of Catholic Catechists on the Chinese Mainland is extremely important in this regard.
Catholic Caucus Ping !
“Catholicism was introduced in China in the Middle Ages by an Italian Jesuit Missionary called “Matteo Ricci”.”
The seventeenth century is now the Middle Ages?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europeans_in_Medieval_China#Missionaries_and_diplomats
ALL OF THIS IS EXCEEDINGLY INTERESTING. THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING!
BTW, Matteo Ricci, one of my heroes, was a Renaissance Man.
Thank you for the update. I am praying daily for the canonization of Cardinal Kung.
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