ʻO Saint Augustine Zhao Rong a me kāna mau hoa, Saint o ka lā no Iulai 9th

(d.1648-1930)

ʻO ka moʻolelo o St. Augustine Zhao Rong a me kāna mau hoa

Ua hiki mai ka Karistiano ma Kina ma loko o Suria ma kahi o nā makahiki 600. Hoʻokumu i ka pilina o Kina me ka honua o waho, ua manuahi ka hoʻomana ʻana o Kristiano i nā makahiki he mau makahiki a i ʻole e hoʻokau ʻia e hana malina.

Ua make nā martyrs 120 o kēia hui ma waena o 1648 a me 1930. Hānau ʻia he kanawalukūmāhiku o lākou ma Kina, a he keiki, mākua, catechists a limahana paha, ma waena o ʻeiwa a me 72 makahiki. Hoʻopili kēia pūʻulu i nā kāhuna pule diocesan ʻehā. ʻO nā martyrs 33 o nā kumu haole he mau kāhuna a haipule paha, ma ke ʻano o ka Papa Kauoha o nā Kahunapule, ka ʻAhahui o nā Misiona ʻē o Palisa, ka Friars Minor, ka ʻAhahui a Iesū, ka ʻAhahui o St. Francis de Sales (Salesians) a na Misionari Franciscan o Maria.

ʻO Samostino Zhao Rong he koa Kina i hele pū me Bishop John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse o ka Hui Kūʻē Misiona a Paris i kāna martyrdom ma Beijing. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ma hope o kona bapetizo ʻana, ua hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ʻo Augustine i kahuna kahuna diocesan. Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1815.

Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia i loko o nā hui i nā manawa like ʻole, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia pū ʻia kēia mau martyr 120 ma Roma i ka lā 1ʻOkakopa 2000.

Hōʻikeʻike
ʻO ka Repubalika Kina o Kina a me ka hale pule Katolika Roma ma kēlā me kēia piliona o nā lālā, akā aia ma kahi o 12 miliona mau Katolika ma Kina. ʻO nā kumu no kēia e wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia e nā hakakā mōʻaukala ma mua o ka hōʻole loa ʻana i ka Nūhou maikaʻi a Iesu Kristo. ʻO nā martyrs i hānau ʻia ma Kina i hoʻohanohano ʻia e ka ʻahaʻaina o kēia lā, ua manaʻo ʻia he mea weliweli e kā lākou poʻe hoʻomaʻau no ka mea ua manaʻo ʻia he poʻe hoa aloha lākou no nā ʻāina Katolika ʻenemi. Ua ʻimi pinepine ka poʻe martyrs ma waho o Kina e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho mai nā hakakā politika ʻEulopa e pili ana iā Kina, akā ʻike ka poʻe hoʻomaʻau iā lākou ma ke komohana a no laila, ma ka wehewehe ʻana, anti-Chinese.

ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi a Iesū Kristo i manaʻo ʻia no ka pono o nā lāhui āpau; ua ʻike ka poʻe mākaʻi o kēia lā iā ia. E ola nā Karistiano o ke kenekulia 21 i kahi ala e hoihoi ai nā wahine a me nā kāne Kina i ka lohe ʻana i ka Nūhou Maikaʻi a me kona ʻae ʻia.