Matteo Ricci: legendary figure in China

(Vatican Radio ) Tuesday 24th of May marks the twenty- fourth 'World Day of Prayer for the Church in China'. to mark this special day Veronica Scarisbrick brings you a programme focusing on the figure of Matteo Ricci, who is one of the founders of the Jesuit China Mission. A man who died in 1610, whose memory still lives on in China today. 

Listen to Father Emmanuel Lim SJ  a programme focusing on the figure of Matteo Ricci presented and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick:

This programme includes a passage from Matteo Ricci's diary : "..the work of evangelisation , of making Christians should be carried on both in Peking and in the Provinces, following methods both of a pacific nature and of cultural adaptation. Europeanism is to be shunned."...