Jasmin Yiu The Catholic Church celebrated The Ascension of the Lord last Sunday, 13 May, which also happens to be the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. Faithful to the tradition that began in 1929, the Macau Diocese held the…
Day: May 18, 2018
MISSA BREVIS – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
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GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (4)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro After following the footsteps of the pioneer missionaries who systematically travelled the most recondite Tibetan realms, a work that would result in the publication of numerous articles in magazines and newspapers, a book and four episodes…
CHURCH FATHERS (19) – Origen
Anastasios When we talk of important thinkers between the second and third century of the Christian era, it is impossible not to mention Origen of Alexandria. His father, Leonidas, died as a martyr and it was he who infused on…
TO TELL THE TALE OF GOD’S LOVE DOWN THE AGES (10)
PHOTO: Photo by Peter Feghali on Unsplash Sr Judith Yuen, FMM As the call of God became an irresistible urge in me, I could not ignore it. It was also during a retreat that the Lord set me on fire…
MESSAGE FOR THE FEAST OF VESAKH 2018 – Christians and Buddhists: Preventing and Combating Corruption Together
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Dear Buddhist Friends, On behalf of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, we extend our warmest greetings and prayerful good wishes on the occasion of Vesakh. May this feast bring joy and peace to all…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER GIOVANNI SCALESE ON THE CHURCH IN AFGHANISTAN (2) – Between Rome and Kabul
Photo: https://agensir.it Aurelio Porfiri You are living in Afghanistan. Why you are staying in a so difficult place? As I said, the Barnabites stayed in Asia (Burma, a Buddhist country) until 1830. They came again to Asia a hundred years…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (66) – Constantinople, Turkey
The Abbot Orsini wrote: “Our Lady of the Fountain, at Constantinople, built, by the Emperor Leo, in the year 460, in thanksgiving for the Blessed Virgin’s having appeared to him on the margin of a spring, to which he was…
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FOR “MINISTERS OF LIFE” – The Vatican’s new charter for health care workers
Fausto Gomez OP On February 11, 1985, St John Paul II founded the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers. In 1994, this Pontifical Council issued the first Charter for Health Care Worker. Taking into account, on one…