Month: March 2020

One of the beautiful things about the Catholic Reformation was the rich variety of spiritualities that emerged and the rise of the different types of prayer and devotion.  Many of these came from the work of particular people who were…

– José Maria C.S. André Catholics confess, at least at Sunday Mass during the Creed, that they believe in the one and holy Church. But, given all the protests that we hear, one wonders what this unity means. The Pope’s…

Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, S.A. (“SJM”) announced on Wednesday, March 11, the donation of 3,000 Macau Jiayou Bags which are worth MOP1.5 million to Macau’s neediest via six local community associations, namely Macao Federation of Trade Unions, General Union…

– Fr Leonard Dollentas I recently encountered a churchgoer who was baptized in the Catholic Church four years ago. As churches in Macao had gradually been reopened, after being closed due to the COVID-19 health precautions, she was at the…

– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus invites his followers to perform the three habitual practices of penance of the Jews: prayer, fasting and almsgiving (cf Mt 6:2-7, 16-18). From then on and up to now,…

– Maria Kwak* The recent spread of COVID-19 in Daegu has made the Archdiocese take further steps. Earlier in February, the Archdiocese made a donation of KRW 200 million (equivalent of 1.3 million in HK dollars) to the Korean Red…

– Anastasios One of the most interesting things about certain churches in Rome is that they were built on sites where there was a preexisting pagan temple or a building from the Roman empire. So, there is the idea of…