Someday, the late Bishop Francis X. Ford will be declared a saint, but no one thinks it will happen soon. “It’s a moving, alive process,” says Father Raymond Finch, M.M., the Brooklyn-born Superior General of Maryknoll. “Now, can I tell you exactly where and how long it’s gonna be? Can’t. Different things happen at different moments, some steps are taken and some steps take a little longer.”
China
Maryknoller from Queens Marks 70th Anniversary
Sister Doretta Leonard, M.M., is a religious educator and pastoral worker who worked in China for 56 years, including a brief period spent under house arrest when the Communists gained power.
Pope Is Not Likely to Visit China Soon
The prospects of Pope Francis visiting China are not very good, say experts who closely follow the church in China.
Summer Fun Day at St. Agatha (with slideshow)
The Brooklyn Chinese Apostolate brought friends, family and the Church community together for a day of games and performances. The organization’s lay committee organized a Summer Fun Day at St. Agatha School, Sunset Park. This marks the second year the event. Last year, it was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sunset Park. […]
Obituary: Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian
Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian of Shanghai, a prominent and controversial figure in the Chinese Catholic Church, died April 27 of pancreatic cancer. He was 96. In a 2007 article in The Atlantic monthly, he was described as “arguably the most influential and controversial figure in Chinese Catholicism of the last 50 years.” In the early […]