A Martyr's Victory in a Spiritual Sense
Bishop Francis X. Ford was a well educated, enormously gentle man, that
was kicked, beaten, insulted, and surrounded by hatred. All this because of one
mans beliefs. He was born in Brooklyn in 1892. He was the founder of the
Maryknoll Missionaries and was the first bishop of Kwantung, China. He was
killed in the late 1950's in China, he was charged with anti-Communist,
counterrevolutionary, and espionage activities, his real "crime" was for being a
Christian and a foreigner.
During his life Bishop Ford illustrated the cardinal virtue of fortitude,
which is the ability to overcome fear in order to pursue good; "it is an active
sake to overcome evil for the sake of gods kingdom" said Huggard. When he took
office in China, the country was already feeling the effects of the massive
Japanese advance across Asia. In a short time millions lost there lives and
were driven from there homes. Bishop ford refused to leave the war-torn country,......
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