Editorial


        In this issue of Tripod we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Cardinal Celso Costantini, who, in 1922, became the first representative of the Holy See to China. At that time, the Catholic Church of China was under French protection, and all of the 50 or  ......

 

Reflections on the Papal Letter to China

Cardinal Paul Shan

        This is an English translation of Cardinal Paul Shan's first response to the pastoral letter of the Holy Father to the faithful in China. It was originally published in Taiwan in the July 8, 2007 issue of Christian Life Weekly. We are grateful to Cardinal Shan and to Christian ......

 

Celso Costantini's Contribution to the Localization and Inculturation of the Church in China

Sergio Ticozzi, PIME

        “When, in 1922, I arrived in China as the Apostolic Delegate, wrote Archbishop Celso Costantini (later Cardinal, 1876-1958), my impression was that the ancient Chinese world had collapsed together with the empire, but, through the struggle of a strong and painful  ......

 

Archbishop Costantini and The First Plenary Council of Shanghai (1924)

Anthony Lam

        The year 2007 marks the tenth anniversary of the existence of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China (HKSARPRC). It is a good time to examine the role of the Catholic Church in the SAR throughout the decade since  .......

 

Cardinal Celso Costantini and the Chinese Catholic Church

Francis Chong, CDD

        A large part of the credit for the establishment of the hierarchy in the Chinese Catholic Church must go to efforts of Cardinal Celso Costantini. Some people say that he was a prophetic personality, and that he was a pioneer of inculturation before Vatican Council ......

 

BOOK REVIEW : Kouduo richao - Li Jiubiao's Diary of Oral Admonitions

Reviewed by Michael J. Sloboda, MM

        Late in the Ming Dynasty, a small number of Jesuit missionaries began to work in China. They were highly trained scholars. What did they say to educated enquirers? What questions did their converts ask them? This volume records the encounter in Fujian Province from ......