The revolutionary Pope who loved China, and whose love was not fully reciprocated. The Church is at a crossroads in the choice of its next guide. It could be time for a black man in white. Francis was a Pope who wanted to change the Church and the world. He set the machinery in motion. […]
At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church. He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with faithfulness, courage, and universal love, especially for the poorest and most marginalized – […]
On the Eve of Meeting with U.S. Vice President Vance (Scheduled for Saturday), Cardinal Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, Gives an Interview to Iacopo Scaramuzzi of the daily La Repubblica The topics covered included the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the role of the European Union, relations with China, and the reorganization of the world order […]
Flashback. San Diego, California, November 2024—a couple of weeks after the US presidential election won by Trump. At a panel of the American Academy of Religion Meeting, dedicated to evangelicals and politics, a speaker sarcastically remarks, “These are still people who believe that gender is only binary.” This elicits subdued approval and smirks across the […]
China’s army loyalty may need a better ideology, but this could depend on a trilemma — Negotiations, Alternative, or North Korea. Recent American fumbling with tariffs has given China more political elbow room (https://www.appiainstitute.org/articles/america/where-is-trump-going/ ). Still, Beijing has three choices about how to handle America’s challenges—negotiation with the US and the rest of the world […]
Trump is fumbling his tariff war, but US troubles are real and must solved, or the world will be in chaos. China is thinking after itself and offers no alternative Chinese President Xi Jinping might feel relatively secure in the escalating tariff dispute with the United States, believing that President Donald Trump will falter first, […]
The Rejecting, the Skeptical, and the Accepting: From Matteo Ricci’s World Map to the Influence of Missionaries on Late Ming Chinese Scholars 1. Matteo Ricci’s World Map: Its Significance from an Intellectual History Perspective In 1584, shortly after arriving in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, the Italian missionary Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), with the support of the local prefect Wang […]
