Dr Andrew Leong The Catholic Diocese of Macau runs an academy that offers children systematic musical formation, including piano, violin, cello, and musical theory. Founded in the academic year 1962/63, the music academy has been serving Macau for over half…
This September, all schools in Macau have opened their doors to all levels of learners, resuming the normal way of in-person teaching abruptly interrupted by the pandemic. Moreover, this school year marks a new era for Colégio Diocesano de São…
Vholets L Suba and Saira Quejano The Couples for Christ Macau Association (CFCMA), a non-profit and religious organization registered with the Macau Government and the Macau Diocese celebrated their 20th Anniversary last August 23, 2020 with this year’s theme “Called to Holiness.”
Marco Carvalho Until May 2021, the Holy See is promoting the Special Year dedicated to the Encyclical Laudato Si, a document signed five years ago by Pope Francis that alerts Catholics and non-Christians alike to the need of taking care…
Danilo Perez Ngo SFC: Why Confession? Fr Mandía: I don’t know if you’ve heard this story of two friends who were speaking. One was Catholic, and the other was not. The non-Catholic friend told his Catholic friend, “You know why…
The Claretian Missionaries of Macau have organized “Mother’s Meal: Family to Family Support,” which aims to help the poor in Macau by distributing non-perishable food once a month until August 2021. The project also targets the needy in 65 poor…
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Church and state have their respective fields of competence and enjoy autonomy with respect to each other. The autonomy of the state with respect to ecclesiastical laws is called “secularity.” Secularity avoids two extremes: (1)…
(CNS) For Benedictine Sister Vivian Ivantic, these times are not unprecedented. Sister Ivantic was born in 1913, five years before the Spanish flu pandemic that began in 1918. Now, the Chicago woman religious can add the novel coronavirus to the…
Carlos M. Frota Angelus prayer time. 16th of August. Pope Francis prays for Lebanon, Belarus at Sunday Angelus. Pope Francis appeals for dialogue in negotiations regarding the Nile. In remarks made after the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, Pope…
(CNA) The Catholic bishops of Belarus are calling for prayers that one of their archbishops, who was blocked from re-entering the country last week, be allowed to return home.