04/04/2008
With the 150th anniversary of the PIME in Hong Kong, a celebration is also planned for the 100th birthday of Fr Quirino De Ascanis, who dedicated 75 years of his life to China and Hong Kong. Fr De Ascanis is a witness to all of China's recent history: the nationalists, the Marxists, the martyrs, the new openness. Here is how he is presented by the Sunday Examiner, the weekly paper of the diocese of Hong Kong.