“The Pope’s visit to South Korea is the first part of a very intelligent
opening to Asia,” said Lionel Jensen, associate professor of East Asian
Languages and Cultures at the University of Notre Dame.
— Madison Park, CNN this morning
A not-so-intelligent opening —
“Could it be that the familiar and beloved figure of Confucius
was invented by Jesuit priests? In Manufacturing Confucianism,
Lionel M. Jensen reveals this very fact….”
— Duke University Press
For some background, see an Atlantic Monthly  article from 1999,
“Confucius and the Scholars,” by Charlotte Allen.