ABDUCTED! Underground Priest, Father Gen-Jun "Joseph" Lu

Anti-Catholic Terrorism: Searching for the Rev. Gen-Jun 'Joseph' Lu

By Theresa Marie Moreau

When the Rev. Gen-Jun "Joseph" Lu answered his ringing cell phone last February, the voice on the other end -- a fellow underground Roman Catholic priest: his comrade in the Church Militant -- made a simple request.

"I've just purchased my train ticket. I'll be arriving in Baoding tomorrow, and I'd like to talk to you. If you're able, would you, please, meet me at the railway station?"

"Yes, of course."

Of course, he would meet the priest. It was Lu's duty. After all, the 43-year-old is, or was at that time, the administrative leader of the Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Baoding -- an ancient city with a vast legion of underground Catholics faithful to the Pope, an ancient city just biding its time in the Communist-infested People's Republic of China.

Lu ended the call and then recruited another underground priest, the 39-year-old Rev. Yan-Li Guo, to go along for the stop-and-go bus ride the next day, Friday, February 17. Destination: the Baoding Train Station, the city's four-track whistle stop along the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway Line.

Baoding, settled on the flat tundra of the North China Plain, I'm told, is a buzzing metropolis, home to around 1 million residents.

Not only does it have bragging rights to some of the most spectacular views of the Taihang Mountains to the west, but it also lays claim to fame for its ancient Lily Pond, an oasis of tranquility smack dab in the middle of the urban hubbub, but, unfortunately, it must also acknowledge kinship to the fetid waters of the polluted Daqing River, a narrow waterway that barely trickles (more like dribbles) in its near-dry journey.

The next day, before heading to the station, Lu and Guo grabbed their coats to insulate against February's teeth-chattering temperatures, then rushed out the door and onto the streets of Baoding, where, in the winter, pedestrians often walk through swirls of ancient brown sands blown from the deserts of Mongolia during frequent and familiar dust storms.

It was just to be an ordinary trip to the train station on an ordinary winter's day. But in Communist China, nothing is ordinary.

As is customary, to make ample room for cars, cyclists and the occasional donkey cart passing through, Lu and Guo hugged close to the buildings as they walked down the narrow residential byway. But before the men even made it to the bus stop, a car speeding down the lane screeched to a halt, nearly hitting them. The doors popped open, and several men, shouting and screaming, scrambled out and headed for the two.

Fueled with adrenalin, the priests ran.

But it was a short chase. In a matter of seconds, the men from the car -- who turned out to be plainclothes police officers from the government's Public Security Bureau -- captured the two priests, who peacefully retreated to the waiting unmarked cop car, which drove off, parting the sea of bicycles rolling along the streets in front of them...

To read the rest of the Father Lu's story, please go to the following Web site: http://www.tmmoreau.com/lu1.html


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[Benjamingutierrez408]

God will help him

[koledy123]

LET US REMEMBER FATHERGEN-JUN LU IN OUR PRAYERS. A BRAVE AND FAITHFUL PRIESTS. MAY GOD BE WITH HIM ALWAYS.

[generalmaximus53]

God be with him!!!!

[generalmaximus53]

God be with him!!!!

[pangetska]

well pray for him GBU Joseph

[prieudieu]

I do all that I can to help the underground Catholic church in China. I pray for God's blessing upon all those brave brave people.

[BurtWilson1]

Favorite this video to bring the plight of the underground catholic church to the world's attention.

[lhorodysky]

I will pray for him...