Carlos M. Frota Happy birthday, United Nations! “Happy Birthday” in these times of sadness and concern? No, this is just the traditional way of speaking. The reality is quite different !
Month: October 2020
TREASURES OF SACRED MUSIC – O Magnum Mysterium
O Magnum Mysterium (Tomás Luis da Victoria) Aurelio Porfiri The Renaissance was one of the most glorious eras of sacred music, when vocal art reached extraordinary heights, heights that will hardly be surpassed. In this era, the art of Palestrina…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SIMONE-ALEXANDRE CHICOINE – “I always see myself as a sponge that absorbs things”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent Simone-Alexandre Chicoine works for social betterment of the very poor through various eco-friendly projects: substantially increasing workers’ wages, instituting farmed animal welfare, restoring pig populations wiped out by African Swine Fever, using their waste for energy,…
SAN BARTOLOMEO ALL’ISOLA – A church and an island
Anastasios The minor basilica of San Bartolomeo all’isola is a kind of singular church in Rome, for reasons that will soon be quite clear. The first reason is in the name, “in the island,” because the church is in the…
NELSON ANTÓNIO, CHIEF OF THE LUSOPHONE SCOUTS GROUP OF MACAU – “Our aim is to help our youngsters to work different aspects of their personality”
Marco Carvalho It’s a sort of new beginning after a half-year pandemic-induced break. The Lusophone Scouts Group of Macau will relaunch its activities this Saturday, in Taipa. With a brand new leadership, GELMac is committed to promote regular activities and…
New Apostolic Letter highlights St Jerome’s love of Scripture
(Vatican News) Pope Francis has written an Apostolic Letter for the 1600th anniversary of the death of Saint Jerome the “great doctor and father of the Church, who put the Bible at the centre of his life.”
SISTER JUDETTE, RC, ON HER JUBILEE AS A RELIGIOUS – Fifty years of fidelity to consecrated life
Fr Leonard Dollentas Young people today – and indeed every person when they reflect on life – may ask “Can a person truly give themselves to God? Is it possible to be faithful to a vocation in Jesus Christ forever?”…
BISHOPS JOIN ECUMENICAL CALL FOR END TO VIOLENCE
(Independent Catholic News) Bishop Declan Lang and Bishop Philip Egan have added their voices to an ecumenical statement calling on the UK government and the international community to respond, robustly, to the violence in Cameroon.
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (19)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Let’s get back to the 16th century Cebu, this time to watch the arrival, from the jungles of Borneo, of a mountain warrior, Lapu-Lapu is his name, whom Rajah Humabon – probably afraid of competition –…
RUSSIA’S CATHOLIC CHURCH WARNS AGAINST PROPOSED CURBS ON CLERGY
(CNS) Catholic Church officials in Russia criticized planned religious law changes that will require all clergy who studied abroad to retrain in a Russian college.