I was a bit puzzled about SFX contact with the Japanese Empress. The Emperor had refused to see him ...... But missionaries including Jesuit They did remarkable things in China ......yes the Empress of China got converted; Nothing to do with the fiction created by one of our netters !!! Rumour mongering So what is the story...the real story.
*The Significance of the Museum in Taipei* When Mao Tse-tung overthrew on the mainland, and the nationalist went to Taiwan, they created a National Palace Museum housing the ancient treasures of the emperors of China. Ordinary citizens from the mainland fleeing from China in 1949, brought several magnificent objects of sculpture and painting with them to their refuge on Taiwan. Several years ago, Western visitors to the museum were astonished to see a special display of the art of "the Jesuits." Quote After all, Jesuits and Catholics have never been many in China. But once, long ago, European Jesuits were not only present in China but were highly regarded for their skills in artistry and in other pursuits revered by the Chinese, such as astrology and mathematics>>>> It turns out that Pope Innocent X, 1644 to 1655, <<<<received a communication in Rome from the dowager empress of China who announced her conversion to the Catholic Church and her adoption of the name Helena, after the saintly mother of Emperor Constantine. She was not the only one then near the Dragon Throne to turn to Christianity.>>>>>>. Grandolfo In cool Makongo Juu *I am most grateful to Msgr. Owen F. Campion <https://www.catholicculture.org/search/resultslist.cfm?requesttype=docbrowseauth&resourcetype=1&catlabel=author&catid=831> who in July 1998* Please visit https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=473
