Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent In East Asia most children die of preventable diseases, for example diarrhoea and pneumonia, 63% before 5 years old, from unhygienic surroundings, and largely, because they don’t have soap. That’s where Soap Cycling comes in, making soap available free.
Anastasios The 5th century was a time of struggles, even if Christianity became free (together with other religions) the century before. We have also in this time great men and women who fight to build the Lord’s Kingdom here on earth. Some are well known, others less. For this reason it’s our little work of a historian to bring to…
Enrico Finotti How can you sit at the seat worthily? It is necessary to start from the principle that sitting at the seat is not simply a functional act of pause or rest, but a liturgical act of representation in the name of the Lord himself, who here and now presides over the holy assembly. From this conviction derives the…
Rev José Mario O Mandía We have seen that God is eternal because he does not change, and hence, is not subject to time. But a new question arises. If his being does not change, neither will his thoughts change. If that is the case, what is the use of praying?
On 23 May, Thursday, at 6:00 PM, the Historical Society of the Independence of Portugal (SHIP) handed a diploma to O Clarim for its “unequivocal and praiseworthy work … in the dissemination of the Portuguese Language and Culture in Macau” and enrolled the diocesan weekly as an Honorary Member of SHIP.
Acts 15:1-2; 22-29, Rev 21:10-14; 22-23, Jn 14:23-29 May Tam Today’s Gospel Reading is part of Jesus’ Last Discourse (Chapter 14 to 17). Earlier Jesus had given His disciples a farewell gift: a new commandment of brotherly love (Jn 13:34). From this brotherly love, not only will the world see and know Jesus, but those who keep His commandment will…
PHOTO CAPTION: Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922) Benedict XV revitalized missionary activities after World War I. He has been referred to as the “Pope of Missions.” Benedict XV was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary and authorized the Feast of Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces. (Photo from Wikipedia.) Marco Carvalho The apostolic letter Maximum Illud, issued a century ago by Pope…
Aurelio Porfiri In a small church near where I live in Rome, a church with origins in the Middle Ages, there is a painting in front of which I often linger. In this painting by an eighteenth-century author, there is an angel who impales a demon, in turn held by the Blessed Virgin Mary with one foot. I always think…
On January 6, 1412, Joan of Arc was born to pious parents of the French peasant class in the obscure village of Domremy, near the province of Lorraine. At a very early age, she was said to have heard the voices of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. At first the messages were personal and general, but when she…
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro From the testimony given by Estevão Cacela, we can deduce that the Jesuits traveled with Shabdrung to different parts of the kingdom before lodging definitively in Chagri. Father Cacela reminds us that “in these mountains, and in others, we accompany him two months until we arrived at his house in that mountain, where he normally he…