Rev Leonard Dollentas On Sunday, November 1, the church of São Domingos, to the surprise of passers-by, was suddenly packed with Mass goers. The resounding sound of the Gloria being sung by the choir echoed down the alleys of Leal Senado. São…
Day: November 14, 2020
POPE ASSURES CLOSENESS TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE – ‘Time to Eradicate This Evil’
Deborah Castellano Lubov (Zenit) A day after the Vatican’s report on ex-Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Pope Francis has expressed his closeness to all victims of sexual abuse.
PHILIPPINE CHURCHES OPEN DOORS TO TYPHOON EVACUEES
(Catholic News Service) Churches in the Philippines opened their doors to offer shelter to some of the hundreds of thousands of people who fled their homes to avoid the wrath of Super Typhoon Goni that struck the Bicol region in…
PATIENCE AND THE PRIESTHOOD: A VOCATION 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING
(CNA) On average, diocesan priests take about six years to complete seminary formation. For Dominican priests, it is seven. Jesuits study for over a decade. David Pinto, however, has them all beat. Pinto was ordained a deacon in June this…
PORTLAND RIOTERS DAMAGE CATHOLIC CHURCH KNOWN FOR OUTREACH TO THE POOR
(CNA) A Catholic church in downtown Portland, Oregon – known for helping the area’s poor – suffered shattered windows during a riot Wednesday night that saw nearly a dozen protestors arrested.