[็ ง็ไพๆบ] Thang Phan at Pixabay – FAUSTO GOMEZ OP Hereafter. I wish to reflect on aging and old age today.ย I started to be concerned about aging and the elderly when I was a young adult. At about 42 years…
Year: 2019
HOW TO TRAIN CHURCH CHOIRS – What the Church teaches about choirs (1)
– Aurelio Porfiri In recent decades, there has been a very big debate about the role of choirs in Catholic liturgy. Some people, even within the ranks of the clergy, assumed that choirs were an impediment to the participation of…
REV. CARLOS ALBERTO MALรSQUEZ QUISPE MCCJ INSTALLED AS PARISH PRIEST OF ST JOSEPH THE WORKER
On August 28, H.E. Bishop Stephen Lee officially installed Rev. Carlos Alberto Malรกsquez Quispe MCCJ as parish priest of St Joseph the Worker Parish, substituting Rev. Manuel Antรณnio Silva Machado, MCCJ. Likewise, Rev. Valnei Pedro Reghelin, MCCJ, took over the…
FIRST POPE FROM POLAND – The elixir of eternal life
– Josรฉ Maria C.S. Andrรฉ It is quite simple: โWhoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last dayโ (Jn 6:54). Thanks to an unlikely Pope, these words of…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (67)
– Joaquim Magalhรฃes de Castro In the course of their investigations into the mythical kingdom of Cataio, which they had so far failed to identify, the Jesuits Joรฃo Cabral and Estevรฃo Cacela would hear of another mysterious kingdom named Xembala,…
CELEBRATING THE FIRST EVER EUCHARIST IN THE PHILIPPINES – President Duterte declares โFirst Mass Dayโ 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 โGlobal Christianityโ study, to determine the size and extent of the worldโs 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)ย โThe 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…