– José Maria C.S. André It is quite simple: “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day” (Jn 6:54). Thanks to an unlikely Pope, these words of…
Month: September 2019
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (67)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In the course of their investigations into the mythical kingdom of Cataio, which they had so far failed to identify, the Jesuits João Cabral and Estevão Cacela would hear of another mysterious kingdom named Xembala,…
CELEBRATING THE FIRST EVER EUCHARIST IN THE PHILIPPINES – President Duterte declares ‘First Mass Day’ holiday in Southern Leyte
Papal Nuncio Archbishop Gabriele Caccia leads the 498th anniversary of the first Mass in Limasawa Island on March 31, 2019. Photo from the Diocese of Maasin (CBCP News) President Rodrigo Duterte has made the first Mass held in the Philippines…
500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAITH IN THE PHILIPPINES – The Beginning of Christianity in the Philippines (2)
– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas Some years ago the US-based Pew Research Center conducted its “Global Christianity” study, to determine the size and extent of the world’s Christian population. With its research center in Washington, DC in the United States,…
NIGERIA – President calls for an end to conflict between the Tiv and the Jukun
(Agenzia Fides) “The murder of the Catholic priest highlights the urgency of addressing this embarrassing and persistent conflict. On behalf of the federal government and the entire people of the Country, I offer my condolences to the Catholic community, the…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis tejfrancis@gmail.com Hong Kong, China Why should Catholics care about the Hong Kong protests? A CNA Explainer (CNA) The people of Hong Kong are no strangers to political protest. Large-scale demonstrations have rocked the island territory since early…
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, ASIA LECTURE TOUR 2019 – The mother who brings the source of life
Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared at Tepeyac in Mexico City to a 57-year-old Indian peasant Juan Diego on Dec 9, 1531. She identified herself as the pregnant Mother of God and instructed him to have the bishop build a church…
WITNESSING EAST TIMOR’S MIRACLE ESCAPE – Highest genocide of the 20th century
– Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent It took long weeks to get a seat on a flight to East Timor. All flights were full of UN, NGO staff, and volunteers flying in for a ballot on independence or autonomy from…
FATHER MIGUEL DIED IN 2001, BUT HIS FAME OF SANCTITY REMAINS ALIVE – In the border of sainthood, blessed by popular acclaim
– Marco Carvalho “Miracle worker”, “guardian angel”, “messenger of God”. The name of José Miguel Garcia Pereira – known all over Portugal simply as “Father Miguel” – still takes thousands of pilgrims to Soito, a small village in the municipality…
FORMER MAYOR OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE ISLANDS DIED ON SUNDAY – Gastão de Barros, founder of O Clarim, dead at 89
– Marco Carvalho Founder of O Clarim and a former administrator of Taipa Island during the later years of the Portuguese dictatorship, Gastão Humberto de Barros passed away on Sunday at the age of 89 due to complications associated with…