Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Is hell for real? Should we still believe in it? Yes. As long as a man is free, hell is a possibility. But if we are to understand what hell is, we need to understand what freedom is and what mortal sin is.
Day: November 14, 2020
FORMED BY RELIGIOUS ROOTS AND TRAGEDY – “Catholic social doctrine taught me that faith without works is dead”
/ November 14, 2020Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent Joe Biden recovered from terrible family tragedies twice. Only days into being elected into the US Senate, his wife and daughter were killed and sons seriously injured. While in Washington setting up his office his family was involved in a car accident. Soon after he wanted to abandon politics but decided to do it the hard…
MONEY AND RELIGION
/ November 14, 2020Aurelio Porfiri In recent months, I published a book that I co-wrote with Professor Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, a banker and economist and former president of the IOR (Istituto per le Opere di Religione), what is commonly known as the “Vatican Bank.” The book, La cruna dell’ago (hopefully will soon be available in other languages) shows the relationship between ethics, economy…
Cowardice Misconceived as Prudence
/ November 14, 202015 November 2020 – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year AMathew 25:14-30 Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications, Macau The talents do not indicate the qualities that every man has received from God. Verse 15 where the talents are delivered “to each according to his abilities.” The master entrusts his possessions to the most trusted servants. He knows the abilities, attitudes,…
Nice: martyrs of a new era
/ November 14, 2020Carlos M. Frota Hatred is never the answer! Dialogue is always possible, mutual understanding the only way forward. And the real challenge for political and religious leaders alike is how to insist more and more on a message of fraternity among citizens of different faiths.
SAN NICOLA IN CARCERE – From Roman to Christian temple
/ November 14, 2020Anastasios The church of San Nicola in Carcere (“carcere” means prison), was built on an area where there were temples transformed into prisons during medieval times. Some remains of these buildings are still visible in the church and in the area. Indeed this is a quite peculiar area of Rome, the one that connects to very important places like Piazza…
POPE FRANCIS OFFERS MASS FOR SOULS OF 169 DECEASED BISHOPS, CARDINALS
/ November 14, 2020(CNA) Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to pray for the dead and remember Christ’s promise of the resurrection at a Mass offered Thursday for the souls of cardinals and bishops who died in the past year.
FATHER JOÃO LOURENÇO, PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL – “It is not possible to understand the true message of Christ in an abstract way”
/ November 14, 2020Marco Carvalho It’s called The Time of Jesus – The World and the Jewish Institutions. It was launched in late October and proposes a vast and comprehensive approach to the historical figure of Jesus Christ, through the analysis of the epoch in which the Son of God lived as a man. In his latest book, the first Rector of the…
Healing Prayer through the intercession of Padre Pio
/ November 14, 2020Danilo Perez Ngo The English community of Se Cathedral gathered for the healing prayer through the intercession of Padre Pio at the St Dominic’s Church in the peninsular part of Macau at the Largo de São Domingos, situated near the IACM building on Sunday, November 1, 2020 after the 6:30 PM English Mass.
PASTORAL LETTER ON THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SUPER TYPHOON YOLANDA – “He calms the storm”
/ November 14, 2020Beloved People of God: Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ! It has been seven years since Super Typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda came our way. Despite the pandemic we are going through, we still have fresh memories of the horrors we went through last November 8, 2013 and the painful months and years after. But we also remember God’s…