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Visit to the Xaverians in China

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The earthly life journey of Guido Maria Conforti lasted sixty-three years. It was continually inspired by faith. One last significant event in Conforti's life was his journey to China, which he undertook as “a duty and a need of my heart.”
China gave him a new sense of the vastness of its territory: “We don’t need 3,000 missionaries in China, but 50,000… I’ll look forward to that day when the whole of China will be called a Christian nation!”
During the visit to his missionaries, he was heard to exclaim: “In you, O Lord, I place my trust. I will never be let down.” Could these words not be an overflow of his deep-rooted faith?
Before leaving China, Bishop Conforti addressed his missionaries by saying, “I’m amazed at what you have accomplished for the good of these Chinese people. How I would like to be young again, and dedicate all my energies to them!”
At the end of his life, Conforti could declare: “Faith has always been the norm of my life and thought. This faith, I have always desired to proclaim… the faith of the apostles, the faith of the Church.”

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