Fr Leonard Dollentas On September 28, 2020 the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has named Archbishop Charles J Brown as the new nuncio to the Philippines. The 61-year-old prelate is a native of New York. He was the Vatican’s diplomatic…
Year: 2020
LETTER SAMARITANUS BONUS – Caring for the terminally ill
LETTER SAMARITANUS BONUS – ON EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDECaring for the terminally ill Fausto Gomez OP To address ethically, theologically and spiritually the growing reality of euthanasia and assisted suicide in our word, the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of…
INSPIRED BY ENCYCLICAL, ITALIAN NUNS OFFER CONVENT FOR USE BY REFUGEES
(Aleteia) In Pope Francis’s new encyclical “Fratelli tutti,” he writes about the need for adequate hospitality for migrants fleeing wars, persecutions and natural catastrophes.
“SATAN’S RAGE IS SPREADING”: AN EXORCIST’S POWERFUL ANSWER TO ALL PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED STATES
(Church Pop) Msgr. Stephen Rosetti: The look of Satan’s rage is unmistakeable. There are several traditional signs that a person is possessed: understanding/speaking unknown languages, aversion to the sacred, occult knowledge, and superhuman strength. I would add another: a look…
RESCUER OF ANCIENT BOOKS FROM ISIS/DAESH NOMINATED FOR AWARD
(Independent Catholic News) A bishop in Iraq has been nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for saving more than 800 historic manuscripts from destruction by the terrorist group Daesh (ISIS).
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 Tiber…
POPE FRANCIS’ LATEST ENCYCLICAL LETTER NOW IN MACAU – Fratelli Tutti: antidote against individualism plaguing the world
Marco Carvalho His Holiness Pope Francis has called for a “better kind of politics,” a more “open world” and paths of renewed encounter and dialogue in his latest social encyclical. With Fratelli Tutti, the Pope hopes to promote a “rebirth…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (100) – Is heaven only a marketing gimmick?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Every man and woman yearns to be happy with an unlimited and unending joy. Jesus Christ came to tell us that that yearning can be fulfilled. “If you keep my commandments, you will abide in…
CARLO ACUTIS BEATIFIED IN ASSISI – A saint in jeans, sneakers, and sweater
Fr Leonard Dollentas Carlo Acutis was beatified on October 10, 2020 in the town of Assisi in Italy after the Vatican ruled in 2013 that he miraculously interceded from heaven to cure a Brazilian boy suffering from a rare pancreatic…
Chancery Notice
CN/28/031/2020 Chancery NoticeWorld Mission Day 2020 On Sunday, 18th October, we celebrate World Mission Day with the theme “Here am I, send me” (Isaiah 6:8). The Mass “For the Evangelization of the Peoples” (in the Roman Missal) may be used…