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The China Invented by Bishop Sánchez Sorondo. His Diary From Half a Century Ago Has Been Discovered

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The church of Nam-Dang is the monument of the colonialist mentality that for centuries has polluted the missionary action of the Church, accepted by most and challenged by few enlightened spirits.

Think of a church from the late baroque period of old Rome, transplanted to Beijing with its Sacred Heart, the usual statue of Our Lady on the high altar, a few saints, including a Saint Rita of the present-day devotion in Italy.

The priest who says Mass is old, just as the seven Chinese present are old. He mumbles the mass in Latin, facing the altar. [From "Incontro con la Cina", Libreria Editrice Fiorentina, Florence, 1973, pp. 70-73]

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From the article "Travel Notes": This is why the Chinese experience leaves an indelible mark on every visitor who suddenly finds himself living in a world he has dreamed of, in a society of men committed to joyfully freeing man, driven by faith in man. (My bolding)

What kind of drivel is this? A purportedly "Christian" archetype having faith in . . . man? I guess it must come from the proverbial Romanist's centuries-long romance with the state as its seamlessly united religious organ for subjugation of the masses, and slaughter of any freedom-loving soul who differs with the state-church-citizenship-by-infant-baptism paradigm.

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In these days, we are experiencing what Our Lord promised, that everything would be revealed.