Matteo Ricci revolutionized intercultural dialogue by adopting Chinese customs, disseminating Western scientific knowledge, mastering the language, building relationships with elites, and establishing a lasting foundation for mutual understanding between China and the West.
Guest Speaker: Father Gianni Criveller of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions is dean of studies and a teacher at PIME International Missionary School of Theology in Milan, Italy. He taught in Greater China for 27 years and is a lecturer in mission theology and the history of Christianity in China at the Holy Spirit Seminary College of Philosophy and Theology in Hong Kong. Additionally, Fr. Criveller serves as the President of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists.
February 19, 2025, from 7 PM
Antoon Mostaert Center for Mongolian Studies
Entry: Free The conference will be conducted in English.
