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from issue no. 01/02 - 2006

A letter from the Bishop of Shanghai Jin Luxian to Giulio Andreotti

The great gift of the Church that nourishes, supports and fosters our faith



by Aloysius Jin S. J.


Above, Aloysius Jin Luxian during the closing ceremony of the Eucharistic Conference 
of Shanghai

Above, Aloysius Jin Luxian during the closing ceremony of the Eucharistic Conference of Shanghai

Shanghai, 1 January 2006


Dear Senator,
I have received with great pleasure - and am enormously grateful to you - the admirable magazine 30Days that you direct, in which you had the kindness to print my letter to you and your reply relating to the celebrations of the Eucharistic Year that took place in my diocese of Shanghai.
I am very honored by the attention that you personally and the magazine 30Days show towards me and particularly to the pastoral work going on in my diocese. It is the expression of your living faith and of your concrete participation in the life of the Church that enables you, also in such an important field as communications, to unite West and East in a single spirit of praise and thanks to the Lord for the great gift of the Church that nourishes, supports and fosters our faith.
I wish you and your family a year of peace and tranquillity, lived under the smiling and welcoming eyes of the Lord.
I wish the magazine 30Days an ever more lively and open approach to every corner of the world, especially those in need of solidarity and fellow-feeling.
With my heartfelt thanks, my assurance that you will be remembered in my prayers (and I ask yours in return) and my blessing.

With respect, believe me, your

Aloysius Jin S. J.


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