Abstract
In a global context, the story of the Jesuit compound in Shanghai, since its establishment by French Jesuits in 1847, reflected not only conflicts between rival powers in Europe but also the fight for their interests in the Eastern world. The female Catholic orders at the east bank of Zi-ka-wei compound provided a unique window approaching the complexity. The Pope, who was stuck without legal status in the Vatican after 1861, was also seeking the chance to save the authority of the Church in the face of questions regarding the extent of his temporal power and the status of Rome in the context of Italian unification. As in the Reformation, a break-through in the east seemed to offer a solution for losses in Europe. However, the Jesuits to the East in the late 19th century were not only troops working and fighting on behalf of the Pope; their identities under the French Protectorate added complexity to an already complicated story involving not just the Church, but the course of world history. Locating the Jesuit-affiliated women and children hospice in the French Concession but outside the Zi-ka-wei compound was a result of how different conflicts played themselves out.
Highlights
This paper highlights the connection between the French Religious Protectorate in China and the prosperity of the Catholic compound and illustrates that the decline in French power and instability in Europe provided the Pope with more responsibilities for the Catholic mission’s agenda in China
19th century were troops working and fighting on behalf of the Pope; their identities under the French Protectorate added complexity to an already complicated story involving not just the Church, but the course of world history. Those missionaries who arrived in the 1930s praised the magnificence of the Zi-ka-wei compound the “Oriental Vatican”
They both had in his view collaborated in the effort to break the French protectorate and to indigenize China’s Catholic Church, and their work brought the condition of the church in China to the attention of the Vatican
Summary
19th century were troops working and fighting on behalf of the Pope; their identities under the French Protectorate added complexity to an already complicated story involving not just the Church, but the course of world history Those missionaries who arrived in the 1930s praised the magnificence of the Zi-ka-wei compound the “Oriental Vatican”. The Jesuits to the East in the late 19th century were troops working and fighting on behalf of the Pope; their identities under the French Protectorate added complexity to an already complicated story involving not just the Church, but the course of world history Those missionaries who arrived in the 1930s praised the magnificence of the Zi-ka-wei compound as the “Oriental Vatican”. Good Shepherd (善牧院) was not situated inside Jesuit Zi-ka-wei compound
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