Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Recently, Pope Francis wrote in the Apostolic Letter Admirabile Signum: “The enchanting image of the Christmas crèche, so dear to the Christian people, never ceases to arouse amazement and wonder. The depiction of Jesus’ birth is itself a simple and joyful proclamation of the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God. The…
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– Corrado Gnerre I often find myself talking about politics, in the broadest sense of the word. And I also find myself stressing the importance of the State in Christian doctrine. But not a few times I hear people saying to me: “True Christianity should not be interested in politics. The State should be far from the interests of the…
【圖片來源】The monument enclosing the Holy Sepulcher, from which Christ rose again from the dead. (Photo by JMO Mandia.) – Rev José Mario O. Mandía Jesus Christ became man. This is the mystery of the Incarnation. What does “Incarnation” mean? The CCCC, no 86, explains: “The Church calls the mystery of the wonderful union of the divine and human natures in…
MATTHEW 11:2-11 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications Limited To the messengers sent by John the Baptist, Jesus was presented as the Messiah, listing the signs taken from texts of Isaiah (Is 35:5-6; 26:19; 61:1), the prophet of hope, who had predicted, “On that day no one would complain: I am sickly” (Is 33:24).
– Maria Kwak* In our digital world, the significance that the paper calendar or diary holds is losing its function to many of us, especially to the younger generation. I am a big fan of keeping a diary in old ways and one of those who are making good use of the diary made by the Diocese of Macau. The…
Photo: Wikimapia – Anastasios Rome is not only the story of Italian people, but it is also the story of the faith of people all over the world. And this faith becomes a concrete reality, as with the building of churches. One example is Nostra Signora di Gaudalupe e San Filippo in Via Aurelia, a minor Basilica that is given…
– Aurelio Porfiri It may be remembered that Pope Benedict XVI has said that the proof that the Catholic Church is the one intended by God can be witnessed in her art and in her saints. I think that there is great truth in this statement; thanks to the Church patronage, we have some of the greatest works of art…
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro As early as the 1990s, the Bhutan government had expelled the Nepalese-born Lhotshampa population, which constituted one-fifth of the country’s total population. In the process, they were denied Bhutanese citizenship, making them stateless. Some Lhotshampas have recently been allowed to return and settle in uninhabited southern areas. Interestingly, as many of them as the Assamese…