this month inside World Mission

Vol. XVIII × No. 6

JULY 2006

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VOCATION
Junípero Serra
The founder
of California

The founder of the missions in Sierra Gorda and California, Junípero Serra, is a model of faith and courage. His physical stamina and willpower made this Franciscan a legend in his own time. Read

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NUBAS - OPINION

The disappointing peace

- By Renato Kizito Sesana

Comboni Missionary

The ceasefire in the Nuba Mountains was only the first step to start the peace process imposed on both sides by the international community, in particular the US. Concerning the peace treaty between the North and South of Sudan, an old freedom fighter affirms: "We are the true losers."

CHINA WINDOW

Party members turn religious

- By Wang Zhicheng

Asianews

The Chinese Communist Party faces a crisis: 20 million members go to an underground Christian church or a Buddhist temple. The Central Committee threatens "excommunication" but is powerless. A factory director comments: "Nonsense! To worship is a private matter; we shall never sell ourselves."

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MACAU

The Eastern Gate

- By Manuel Giraldes, Antònio Vale and João Aguiar

Macau, founded in 1577, was the doorway to the East for many centuries. Thanks to the support of this Portuguese concession, the Church grew in Japan, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Timor.

ASIAN MISSION CONGRESS

A story born in Asia

- By Frans-Josef Eilers, SVD

FABC Executive Secretary

Telling the story of Jesus starts with His birth. And He was born in Asia. Almost at once, Christianity began to grow in the continent.

SOCIETY

Children

The future of the present

- By José Dias da Silva

Professor

The future of our children will be much brighter and happier if we are able to respect and love our children, each one of them individually as a full human person.

TODAY

Francis Xavier

A contradictory figure

- By Luis M. Bermejo Jesuit

Francis Xavier emerges as a rather complex and contradictory figure, either as a person or as a missionary. An objective appraisal of the saint should be based on the totality of his being, with lights and shadows constantly intersecting his prodigious personality. In the words of his first biographer: "God does not need our lies."