Fausto Gomez OP After Pentecost Sunday that closes the Easter Season, we Christians celebrate Trinity Sunday. May I invite you fraternally to meditate with me on the mystery of the Blessed Trinity, which is the central mystery of our Christian…
Month: May 2018
CHURCH’S PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR — Dialogue with other faiths (IV)
Fr Leonard E. Dollentas In his exhortation Ecclesia in Asia, John Paul II reminded us about our ecumenical commitments when he said that “the division among Christians is seen as a counter-witness to Jesus Christ by many in Asia who…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (65) — When are we obliged to obey our conscience?
Rev José Mario O Mandía jmom.honlam.org We have seen how man needs an internal moral “navigational system” — the conscience — and how ignorance can affect it. Should we follow our conscience all the time? If not, under what conditions…
APOLOGIA (19) — Is God great?
Anastasios Objection 1: God gives us only an illusory happiness. So the abolition of the idea of God will also bring real happiness. Objection 2: The idea of God and of religion has brought as consequence lack of respect for…
FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY SR LISHAN MICHAEL ON HER HOME COUNTRY ETHIOPIA — “We don’t separate ourselves from Muslims, Orthodox and Protestants”
Speaking on the important role played by the Catholic Church in Ethiopia, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Sr Lishan Michael recalls the help given to the most disadvantaged people and the work carried out with the Government to strengthen peace.…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK — Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (5)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Tired of successive conversions to the Christianity of many of his subjects, the new Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, began by prohibiting the entry and residence of more foreigners in 1629, and in 1632 imposed a siege…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH POLISH FRANCISCAN THEOLOGIAN MAKSYM ADAM KOPIEC — The Splendor of Truth
Aurelio Porfiri We live in times of great relativism, times in which there seems to be no objective, firm, immutable truth. But it is not so and it is important that there are voices that try to confirm more and…
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH IN CHINA — Eucharistic procession
The parish of Our Lady of Fatima held yesterday, May 24, starting at 8:00 PM a Eucharistic procession with benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and prayer of the Holy Rosary for the Church in China. Pope Benedict XVI had established…
PASTORAL CARE FOR MIGRANTS — Formation: not only a must but a need
Ross Belle Balatbat The SOLT missionaries of the Pastoral Care for Migrants have set a regular monthly formation for everyone available especially for all the ministers who assist in the Eucharistic Celebration. The activity is usually held every fourth Sunday…
God encounters
Teresa Lo Prior to Mother’s Day, my nine-month-old nephew made his entry to the Church through the sacrament of baptism. I became his godmother. This sacred occasion was reminiscent of my other nephew’s baptism in 2015. One day Bob came…