China: “We are all sisters and brothers”

China: “We are all sisters and brothers”

This is the tenth exclusive ICN report from a Catholic – who lives in Wuhan and prefers to remain anonymous – giving a first-hand account of the situation in the Chinese city which was the original centre of the Coronovirus pandemic. The Archdiocese of...
China: Humility to discover God in a new way

China: Humility to discover God in a new way

This is the ninth exclusive ICN report from a Catholic, who lives in Wuhan and prefers to remain anonymous, giving a first-hand account of the situation in the city at the centre of the Coronovirus pandemic. On Wednesday morning of last week, I had an unexpected...
China: Trust in God during ‘two months of storms’

China: Trust in God during ‘two months of storms’

This is the eighth exclusive ICN report from a Catholic – who lives in Wuhan and prefers to remain anonymous – giving a first-hand account of the situation in the city at the centre of the Coronovirus infection. This morning I spoke on the phone with a...
Wuhan: Cherry blossom reminds us that life is fragile

Wuhan: Cherry blossom reminds us that life is fragile

A catholic in Wuhan writes for ICN about the situation in the city at the centre of the Covid-19 Coronovirus infection. In September 1996, at the parish church in Hiratsuka, Japan, I met Kintaro Koura-san for the first time. At that time he was 79 years of age, a fit...
New headstone for Columban martyr Fr Timothy Leonard

New headstone for Columban martyr Fr Timothy Leonard

John M Leonard is a relative of Fr Timothy Leonard, the first martyr of the Missionary Society of St Columban, who was killed in China in 1929. John Leonard recently visited China for the sixth time, with the purpose of visiting his martyred relative’s grave at San...