Posted on 06/12/2002 1:44:43 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:39 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A century and a half ago, French priests brought Catholicism to the Tibetan plateau. There it has endured, despite war, Maoism and rival religions.
CIZHONG, China -- They arrive on foot each Sunday, some walking as long as an hour. They come through the doorway in silence, then kneel, heads bowed, hands folded.
Their prayers to Jesus echo off the cold stone walls; pictures of the Blessed Virgin gaze down from the church's pillars; the altar shimmers in the candlelight.
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What a moving story! Thanks for the post.
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