(CNA) The Archbishop of Santiago de Chile condemned arson attacks that destroyed two Chilean churches Sunday, and called on Catholics to carry out acts of reparation for the attacks.
Month: October 2020
POPE AT PRAYER MEETING “Love alone is path to peace and communion”
On October 20, Pope Francis participated in an International Prayer Meeting for Peace, in the presence of leaders of various Christian denominations, and urged everyone to follow Jesus’s example of self-giving love in order to spread peace.
‘A SIGN OF HOPE AMID THE DARKNESS AND DESPAIR’
(Independent Catholic News) Two Franciscan friars, the only remaining clergy in Idlib, Syria, have revealed the details of their lives ministering in one of the last bastions of jihadist rule in the country, including the daily threat of being killed,…
LIAISON OFFICE OF CENTRAL PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT IN THE MACAU SAR – Director Fu Ziying visits USJ
LIAISON OFFICE OF CENTRAL PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT IN THE MACAU SARDirector Fu Ziying visits USJ On the morning of October 21st, a delegation led by the Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR, Mr…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (22)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Although most of the chroniclers did not mention Simão de Abreu’s pioneering trip – Diogo do Couto is an honorable exception – the fact is that the Philippine archipelago would henceforth become part of the spice…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (99) – How does one qualify for heaven?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Jesus told his apostles that “many, I tell you, will seek to enter [heaven] and will not be able” (Luke 13:24). So what are the requirements that will qualify us for eternal happiness? The CCC…
Whoever Loves Meets God
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year AMatthew 22:34-40 Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications, Macau God, first of all, is to be loved with an undivided heart (with all the heart). Today there are believers, people in the church, who fulfill…
TREASURES OF SACRED MUSIC – Sancta Mater Theresia
TREASURES OF SACRED MUSICSancta Mater Theresia (Domenico Bartolucci) Aurelio Porfiri Catholic sacred music has given us great masterpieces, masterpieces that form the glory and pride of our tradition. For example, if we consider the whole Eucharistic repertoire, or that in…
MACAU CHURCH HERITAGE – St Dominic’s Church
Maria Kwak* ARRIVAL OF THE DOMINICANS IN MACAU On the 23rd of October 1587, a church dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary was established in Macau. The church was built when the first three Dominicans arrived in Macau, from…
COUPLES FOR CHRIST – Marian conference for North Asia
Danilo Perez Ngo The CFC Global Macau hosted a virtual Marian Echo Conference for North Asia on October 4, 2020 at the SVD headquarter in Macau SAR. CFC North Asia comprises China, HK, Macau, South Korea and Japan. The conference…