– Fausto Gomez OP According to global surveys, for many people, the majority of them believers, this time of confinement or quarantine is being used to reflect on their life and their beliefs. It may indeed be for all a…
Month: May 2020
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 (4) – The Korean Way: unity and efficiency
– Fr Leonard Dollentas South Korea is one of the earliest countries to report a significant coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The outbreak began almost like Italy’s, where there were slow drip cases but soon escalated dramatically – from thirty recorded cases…
OBITUARY FROM THE PROVINCE OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER, SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST ANNE – Sr Ines Chau Iok I, passes away at 79
Sr Ines Chau Iok I of the Sisters of Charity of St Anne, passed away on April 26, 2020 at the age of 79. The funeral Mass of sister was on April 29 at 8pm in the Diocesan Funeral House…
SANTA MARIA AUSILIATRICE – The devotion of Salesians to the Blessed Virgin Mary
We have spoken previously about the intense pastoral work undertaken by the successor of Saint Giovanni Bosco of the Salesian congregation. The education of youth is of primary importance to them, and this is the reason they have numerous schools…
POPE FRANCIS – Our civilization needs to downshift, take stock and renew itself
– ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL The pandemic is wrecking economies and lives but those who suffer most are the vulnerable old and young, the already ill and especially the extreme poor. All whom Christians are duty-bound to help. A core part of…
COVID – 19: Vatican and UN – natural allies
– Carlos M. Frota The UN and the Holy See, natural allies? Not in a conventional battlefield, but in struggling for a better new world, after the pandemic. Some weeks ago, Antonio Guterres and Pope Francis appeared smiling in photos…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (99)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro If it is true that in the rivers and along the coast, the Mughals always failed against the Arrakanese, it should be borne in mind that the potential of the former – with an army…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com CHINA CHINESE GOVERNMENT RESUMES REMOVAL OF CROSSES FROM CHURCH BUILDINGS (CNA) As the Chinese government makes progress containing the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have resumed action to remove crosses from buildings and crackdown on religious practice.
CHANCERY NOTICE
CN/17/019/2020 Bishop Stephen LEE Bun Sang has authorised the release of the following personnel announcement: Fr. Andrew Virtuz de Vera, of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT), is no longer associated with the Diocesan Catholic…
H.E. BISHOP STEPHEN LEE’S SPECIAL MESSAGE ON THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC – We cannot turn our eyes away from the pain of many
Dear brothers and sisters, In the month of May, Macau is happily moving towards a full recovery. At the same time, we clearly know that the Novel Coronavirus has had a far-reaching impact on the world. At least 200,000 families…