– Jasmin Yiu The Most Reverend Michael YEUNG Ming-cheung, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, passed away due to liver failure on 3 January 2019, aged 73. Fountain of Love and Life, a Chinese Catholic media based in Canada,…
Year: 2019
Requiem Mass held in honour of Bishop Michael Yeung
The diocese of Macau, led by Bishop Stephen Lee, joined the diocese of Hong Kong in praying for the soul of Bishop Michael Yeung who passed away on January 3. Macau Diocese Vicar General Pedro Chung pronounced the homily where…
FR MANUEL MACHADO – We want to understand our youth and its motivation
– Marco Carvalho The expectations of the younger generations and the celebration of the missionary dimension of the work developed by the Catholic Church are the main priorities of the Diocese of Macau for 2019. This year will also see…
LESSONS FROM THE MAGI (I) – Wise men ask, wise men act
REV. JOSÉ MARIO O. MANDIA “Wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?’” (Mt 2:1) The Wise Men knew something important: they knew that they did not know…
THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD – Magi follow star to find Light
Miguel Augusto (*) With the feast of the Epiphany, the Church celebrates the manifestation of Jesus to the world. “Epiphany,” of Greek origin, means “outward manifestation,” “appearance.” “For the Church which believes and prays, the Wise Men from the East…
POPE FRANCIS – Good Politics Serve Peace
FAUSTO GOMEZ OP The World Day for Peace was founded and inaugurated by St. Paul VI. In the first message (Jan 1, 1968) entitled The Observance of a Day of Peace, Pope Montini writes: “We address Ourselves to all…
CHURCH FATHERS (38) – Saint Leo the Great
Anastasios The history of the Church has given us all sorts of Popes, from great saints, great intellectuals and also, let us not hide it, to great sinners. One great saint and intellectual was Pope Leo, later called “The Great.”…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER DONALD CALLOWAY – From gangster to Rosary crusader
Aurelio Porfiri In the past weeks I had been reading an interesting book about the Rosary. The book was written by the American Father Donald Calloway, belonging to the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most…
FATHER JOÃO ELEUTÉRIO – “Future of the Church depends on ecclesial maturity of all its members”
Marco Carvalho A consolidated entity, but bold and active. This is the vision of the Church that Father João Eleutério nurtures. The former Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies of the University of Saint Joseph will return to Portugal…
BEGINNING AGAIN – A repentant sinner’s litany
Lord, you said that you will not abandon the lost sheep. I am lost, keep looking for me without getting tired; arise and do not let my soul end up in perdition, lost among the storms of the tempest. I…