<p>這篇文章首次發表於 1970 年 12 月 5 日\n 作者：工作人員\n 香港天主教徒的紅字日\n 這位 73 歲的教皇，儘管在緊張的亞洲之行中依然顯得精神煥發，熱情回應了大家的歡迎。有時他伸出雙臂，象徵着愛的擁抱，有時則祝福聚集在他身邊的人羣。\n 他似乎對 2 萬名天主教兒童在跑馬地賽馬場自發的歡快問候感到特別高興，他是乘直升機在抵達啓德後被帶到那裏。\n 愛的訊息\n 儘管細雨和寒風襲來，他還是要求打開汽車的封閉車頂。然後他站起身來，讓孩子們能看到他。\n 此時，歡呼聲合成了一陣持續的雷鳴般的轟響。\n 愛的表達——教皇亞洲之行的主要主題——也是他在政府體育場彌撒後，在啓德機場備受期待的告別演講中傳達給所有中國人民（包括中國大陸人民）的訊息。\n“基督也是中國的老師、牧者和慈愛的救贖者，” 他宣稱。\n“教會不能不説出這個美好的話：愛，將永遠存在。”\n 對於香港，他也有特別的話語。在他的機場廣播中，他提到了香港近年來取得的巨大進步，並補充道：\n“我們將祈求上帝的祝福，願你們繼續努力促進正義、繁榮與和平。”\n\n 當他的專機帶着他離開時，教皇向北越發出了信息，表達了 “希望相關各方的真誠努力能迅速帶來大家所渴望的公正和平”。\n 教皇在機場抵達時受到了香港羅馬公教主教徐楓樞機、代理總督休·諾曼 - 沃克爵士以及殖民地的主要市民的歡迎。\n 從那裏，教皇和他的隨行人員乘坐四架直升機飛往賽馬場，現場 “萬歲教皇” 的呼喊聲更是讓熱烈的歡呼聲達到了高潮。\n 在賽馬場的參觀結束後，教皇被送往政府體育場，50,000 人再次給予他熱烈的歡迎。\n 在開放的吉普車上繞場遊行時，年長者們手握念珠拍手，揮舞旗幟的孩子和青少年則發出通常只會給予 “流行” 明星的尖叫聲。\n 所有人都向前傾身，想要看到那張蒼白的面容、舉起的雙手和温暖的微笑。在場地的另一側，年輕人們幾乎興奮得失去理智。\n 聖父被這種壓倒性的熱情感染，他吹吻、劃十字，並張開雙臂，彷彿要將這羣基督徒擁入懷中。這或許是最感人的時刻。\n 吉普車緩緩經過榮譽衞隊。疲憊和抽筋被遺忘，童子軍和女童軍們迎來了他們的榮耀時刻。\n\n 下車後，教皇首先走向身穿紫色的聖公會主教吉爾伯特·貝克，貝克和夫人熱情握手並互致問候。\n 其他貴賓依次受到接見：其他神職人員；然後是持有教皇榮譽的人；坐在輪椅上的殘疾人士；以及站在中央祭壇周圍的宗教團體成員。\n 教皇走到哪裏，徐主教就跟到哪裏。這位 50 歲的主教在不到 18 個月前被任命為香港教區的負責人，他向教皇介紹了大多數貴賓，呼喚他的注意和祝福，帶領他在合適的時間到達所有正確的地方。\n 這位瘦削的教皇被護送到祭壇的台階上，他穿上綠色和象牙色的絲綢法衣，準備慶祝教皇高彌撒。\n 當雙語的祈禱和請求在體育場迴響時，雨開始穩穩地下起來。\n 在場的英國人感受到的氛圍讓他們想起了伊麗莎白二世女王的加冕典禮，當時淋濕的人羣耐心地聆聽着從威斯敏斯特教堂傳來的祝聖祈禱。\n 在奉獻儀式上，五彩斑斕的雨傘紛紛撐起。但那些聽到保羅説他很高興能與他在香港的兒女們在一起——“世界上最大的華人教區”——的人們則目不轉睛。\n 教皇對香港的訪問在代理總督諾曼 - 沃克的言辭中被形容為 “過於短暫”，他在下午 1 點 30 分剛歡迎教皇，三小時後便告別了。\n 但這短短的幾個小時足以給香港的 247,000 名天主教徒帶來巨大的精神振奮，因為儘管他們是世界上最大的華人天主教社區，但他們從未受到過教會首領的訪問。\n 此次訪問對殖民地的教會團結運動大有裨益，而這一運動是世界上最強大的之一。天主教消息人士表示，甚至在他們來不及向教皇彌撒發出邀請之前，許多其他教會的領導人已表達了希望參加的願望。\n 與教皇及約 50 位來自多個宗教的部長和領袖一起祈禱的還有貝克主教。\n 貝克主教進一步通過給保羅寫信來鞏固香港生態運動的基礎。在信中，他表達了對這位進行如此 “艱鉅的使徒和傳教之旅” 的教皇的欽佩，並表示香港的聖公會信徒正在祈禱，希望通過教皇的努力，“基督的訊息” 能被遠東人民更深刻地理解。\n 艱辛\n 對於 73 歲的教皇來説，這三個小時是相當艱辛的。但在整個過程中，他看起來狀態良好，步伐輕快。在他流動的白色法衣和白色小圓帽之間，他的臉色顯得曬得黝黑，散發着健康的光澤。\n 保羅通常説話輕聲緩慢。但在昨天，他在政府體育場對超過 50,000 人講道時，他的擴音聲音聽起來非常疲憊，幾乎虛弱，許多英語單詞也説得磕磕絆絆，這些詞對他來説並不容易。然而，有三個詞他卻重重地強調，每個音節都清晰可辨。\n 這些詞出現在一個句子的末尾，在他講道的最後：“基督也是中國的老師、牧者和慈愛的救贖者。”\n 教皇習慣於強調句子的最後幾個詞，但這一次他如此有力——遠比他講道的其他部分更為強烈——顯然他希望他的愛與和平的信息能夠傳達到每一箇中國人。\n 然而，他幾乎只提到了中國。他決定剋制自己對中國人民的公開表達的愛與關心，儘管天主教消息人士表示，他私下將 1970 年遠東的使命與 1552 年在試圖進入中國時去世的傳教士方濟各·沙勿略的使命進行了比較。\n</p>

<p>1970 年，保羅六世教皇訪問香港，停留了三個小時，這對當地的天主教社區來説是一個重要的事件。儘管下着雨，他仍然受到 2 萬名天主教兒童和 5 萬名觀眾在政府體育場的熱烈歡迎。他的訪問強調了愛與團結，並向北越傳達了和平的信息。這次訪問為香港的天主教徒帶來了精神上的振奮，是該地區首次迎來教皇的訪問</p>

<p>This article was first published on December 5, 1970\nBy Staff reporters\nA red letter day for Hong Kong Catholics\nThe 73-year-old pontiff, looking fit in spite of his strenuous Asian tour, responded warmly. At times he stretched out his arms in a symbol of loving embrace, at others he blessed the crowds gathered to see him.\nHe seemed especially pleased by the spontaneous gaiety of the greeting which 20,000 Catholic children gave him at the Happy Valley Racecourse to which he was taken by helicopter after his arrival at Kai Tak.\nMessage of love\nIn spite of the drizzle and a cold wind, he asked for the closed top of the car to be opened. He then stood up so that the children could see him.\nAt this, the cheers merged into a continuous, thunderous roar.\nThe expression of love – the main theme of the pope’s Asian tour – was also the message he conveyed to all Chinese people, including those in China, in his much-awaited farewell speech at Kai Tak Airport after the mass at the Government Stadium.\n“Christ is a teacher, a shepherd and a loving redeemer for China too,” he declared.\n“The Church cannot leave unsaid this good word: love, which will be forever.”\nFor Hong Kong, too, he had special words. In his airport broadcast he referred to the vast progress Hong Kong had made in recent years and added:\n“We shall invoke God’s blessing on your continued efforts to promote justice, prosperity and peace.”\n\nAs his special aircraft took him away, His Holiness sent a message to North Vietnam expressing the wish “that the sincere efforts of the interested parties may promptly lead to the just peace so greatly desired”.\nThe pope was greeted at his arrival at the airport by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong, Monsignor Francis Hsu, by the acting governor, Sir Hugh Norman-Walker, and by the colony’s leading citizens.\nFrom there, the pope and his entourage were flown in four helicopters to the racecourse where shouts of “Viva il Papa” added to the thunderous ovation.\nAfter his racecourse tour, the pope was driven to the Government Stadium when 50,000 people gave him another tremendous welcome.\nThe royal procession around the arena in an open jeep was greeted by elderly folk clapping hands entwined with rosaries, flag-waving children and teenagers uttering shrieks and screams usually accorded “pop” stars.\nAll were craning forward to see the pale countenance, the lifted hands and heart-warming smile. On the far side of the arena, youngsters became almost delirious with excitement.\nThe Holy Father became infected with this overwhelming enthusiasm and he blew kisses, made the sign of the cross and raised his arms wide as if he would enfold this multitude of Christians to his heart. This was perhaps the most moving moment.\nThe jeep edged past the guard of honour. Tired and cramps forgotten, the scouts and guides had their moment of glory.\n\nAnd descending from the jeep, the pope went first to the purple-clad Anglican Bishop, the Right Reverend Gilbert Baker, who with Mrs Baker, received warm handshakes and cordial greetings.\nOther guests of honour were met in turn: other clergy; then holders of papal honours; the disabled in wheelchairs; and members of religious orders standing four-square around the central altar.\nEverywhere the pope went, Bishop Hsu was at his elbow. The 50-year-old bishop, whose appointment to head the Hong Kong diocese was made less than 18 months ago, introduced most of the dignitaries to His Holiness, called his attention and blessing to special groups, and guided him to all the right places at the right times.\nThe slender pontiff was escorted to the steps of the altar, where he donned green and ivory silk vestments for the celebration of the Papal High Mass.\nPrayers and petitions, bilingual and reverberating around the stadium, were in progress when the rain commenced to fall steadily.\nSomething in the atmosphere reminded English folk present of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, when drenched crowds stood patiently listening to the consecration prayers relayed from Westminster Abbey.\nDuring the offertory presentation umbrellas went up in colourful array. But the people who had heard Paul say he was happy to be with his sons and daughters in Hong Kong – “the largest Chinese diocese in the world” – stood spellbound.\nThe pope’s visit to Hong Kong was “all too brief” in the words of the acting governor, Norman-Walker, who welcomed him just before 1.30pm and said goodbye barely three hours later.\nBut those few hours were enough to give Hong Kong’s 247,000 Catholics a great spiritual uplift, for although they made up the world’s largest Chinese Catholic community, they have never before been visited by the head of their church.\nThe visit did much good for the colony’s church-unity movement, which is one of the world’s strongest. Catholic sources said that even before they had time to send out invitations to the papal mass, many leaders of other churches had expressed a desire to attend.\nAnd praying with the pope and about 50 ministers and leaders of several religions was the Bishop Baker.\nBishop Baker further shored up the foundations of the Hong Kong ecumenical movement yesterday with a letter to Paul. In it, he expressed admiration for the pontiff, who had undertaken such an “arduous apostolic and missionary journey”, and said Hong Kong Anglicans were praying that, through the pope’s labours, the “message of Christ” might be more deeply understood by the people of the Far East.\nStrenuous\nIt was a strenuous three hours for the 73-year-old pontiff. But throughout, he looked well and walked with a spry step. Between his flowing white robes and white skullcap, his face looked sun-tanned and had a warm glow of health.\nPaul usually speaks softly and slowly. But yesterday while preaching to just over 50,000 people in the Government Stadium, his amplified voice sounded very tired, almost weak, and he faltered over many of the English words that don’t come easily to him. There were however, three words that he pronounced with heavy emphasis, every syllable distinct.\nThe words came at the end of a sentence, at the end of his sermon: “Christ is a teacher, a shepherd and a loving redeemer FOR CHINA TOO.”\nHis Holiness habitually emphasises the last words of a sentence, but this time he was so forceful – far more so than in any other part of his sermon – that it was clear he wanted his message of love and peace to reach Chinese everywhere.\nThat however, was virtually all he said about China. He had decided to restrain his public expressions of love and concern for the Chinese people, although Catholic sources said he had privately compared his 1970 Far East mission to that of Francis Xavier, the missionary who died on the island of Shangchuan in 1552 while trying to get into China.\n</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>這篇文章首次發表於 1970 年 12 月 5 日\n 作者：工作人員\n 香港天主教徒的紅字日\n 這位 73 歲的教皇，儘管在緊張的亞洲之行中依然顯得精神煥發，熱情回應了大家的歡迎。有時他伸出雙臂，象徵着愛的擁抱，有時則祝福聚集在他身邊的人羣。\n 他似乎對 2 萬名天主教兒童在跑馬地賽馬場自發的歡快問候感到特別高興，他是乘直升機在抵達啓德後被帶到那裏。\n 愛的訊息\n 儘管細雨和寒風襲來，他還是要求打開汽車的封閉車頂。然後他站起身來，讓孩子們能看到他。\n 此時，歡呼聲合成了一陣持續的雷鳴般的轟響。\n 愛的表達——教皇亞洲之行的主要主題——也是他在政府體育場彌撒後，在啓德機場備受期待的告別演講中傳達給所有中國人民（包括中國大陸人民）的訊息。\n“基督也是中國的老師、牧者和慈愛的救贖者，” 他宣稱。\n“教會不能不説出這個美好的話：愛，將永遠存在。”\n 對於香港，他也有特別的話語。在他的機場廣播中，他提到了香港近年來取得的巨大進步，並補充道：\n“我們將祈求上帝的祝福，願你們繼續努力促進正義、繁榮與和平。”\n\n 當他的專機帶着他離開時，教皇向北越發出了信息，表達了 “希望相關各方的真誠努力能迅速帶來大家所渴望的公正和平”。\n 教皇在機場抵達時受到了香港羅馬公教主教徐楓樞機、代理總督休·諾曼 - 沃克爵士以及殖民地的主要市民的歡迎。\n 從那裏，教皇和他的隨行人員乘坐四架直升機飛往賽馬場，現場 “萬歲教皇” 的呼喊聲更是讓熱烈的歡呼聲達到了高潮。\n 在賽馬場的參觀結束後，教皇被送往政府體育場，50,000 人再次給予他熱烈的歡迎。\n 在開放的吉普車上繞場遊行時，年長者們手握念珠拍手，揮舞旗幟的孩子和青少年則發出通常只會給予 “流行” 明星的尖叫聲。\n 所有人都向前傾身，想要看到那張蒼白的面容、舉起的雙手和温暖的微笑。在場地的另一側，年輕人們幾乎興奮得失去理智。\n 聖父被這種壓倒性的熱情感染，他吹吻、劃十字，並張開雙臂，彷彿要將這羣基督徒擁入懷中。這或許是最感人的時刻。\n 吉普車緩緩經過榮譽衞隊。疲憊和抽筋被遺忘，童子軍和女童軍們迎來了他們的榮耀時刻。\n\n 下車後，教皇首先走向身穿紫色的聖公會主教吉爾伯特·貝克，貝克和夫人熱情握手並互致問候。\n 其他貴賓依次受到接見：其他神職人員；然後是持有教皇榮譽的人；坐在輪椅上的殘疾人士；以及站在中央祭壇周圍的宗教團體成員。\n 教皇走到哪裏，徐主教就跟到哪裏。這位 50 歲的主教在不到 18 個月前被任命為香港教區的負責人，他向教皇介紹了大多數貴賓，呼喚他的注意和祝福，帶領他在合適的時間到達所有正確的地方。\n 這位瘦削的教皇被護送到祭壇的台階上，他穿上綠色和象牙色的絲綢法衣，準備慶祝教皇高彌撒。\n 當雙語的祈禱和請求在體育場迴響時，雨開始穩穩地下起來。\n 在場的英國人感受到的氛圍讓他們想起了伊麗莎白二世女王的加冕典禮，當時淋濕的人羣耐心地聆聽着從威斯敏斯特教堂傳來的祝聖祈禱。\n 在奉獻儀式上，五彩斑斕的雨傘紛紛撐起。但那些聽到保羅説他很高興能與他在香港的兒女們在一起——“世界上最大的華人教區”——的人們則目不轉睛。\n 教皇對香港的訪問在代理總督諾曼 - 沃克的言辭中被形容為 “過於短暫”，他在下午 1 點 30 分剛歡迎教皇，三小時後便告別了。\n 但這短短的幾個小時足以給香港的 247,000 名天主教徒帶來巨大的精神振奮，因為儘管他們是世界上最大的華人天主教社區，但他們從未受到過教會首領的訪問。\n 此次訪問對殖民地的教會團結運動大有裨益，而這一運動是世界上最強大的之一。天主教消息人士表示，甚至在他們來不及向教皇彌撒發出邀請之前，許多其他教會的領導人已表達了希望參加的願望。\n 與教皇及約 50 位來自多個宗教的部長和領袖一起祈禱的還有貝克主教。\n 貝克主教進一步通過給保羅寫信來鞏固香港生態運動的基礎。在信中，他表達了對這位進行如此 “艱鉅的使徒和傳教之旅” 的教皇的欽佩，並表示香港的聖公會信徒正在祈禱，希望通過教皇的努力，“基督的訊息” 能被遠東人民更深刻地理解。\n 艱辛\n 對於 73 歲的教皇來説，這三個小時是相當艱辛的。但在整個過程中，他看起來狀態良好，步伐輕快。在他流動的白色法衣和白色小圓帽之間，他的臉色顯得曬得黝黑，散發着健康的光澤。\n 保羅通常説話輕聲緩慢。但在昨天，他在政府體育場對超過 50,000 人講道時，他的擴音聲音聽起來非常疲憊，幾乎虛弱，許多英語單詞也説得磕磕絆絆，這些詞對他來説並不容易。然而，有三個詞他卻重重地強調，每個音節都清晰可辨。\n 這些詞出現在一個句子的末尾，在他講道的最後：“基督也是中國的老師、牧者和慈愛的救贖者。”\n 教皇習慣於強調句子的最後幾個詞，但這一次他如此有力——遠比他講道的其他部分更為強烈——顯然他希望他的愛與和平的信息能夠傳達到每一箇中國人。\n 然而，他幾乎只提到了中國。他決定剋制自己對中國人民的公開表達的愛與關心，儘管天主教消息人士表示，他私下將 1970 年遠東的使命與 1552 年在試圖進入中國時去世的傳教士方濟各·沙勿略的使命進行了比較。\n</p>
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教皇於 1970 年訪問香港 3 小時——摘自《南華早報》檔案