Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org RIGHT AND DUTY Society has to recognize the right and obligation of Catholics to act in the political arena in accordance with their faith. If politics respects the dignity of persons, it does not mean…
Year: 2020
From abuse of religion to abuse of freedom
Carlos M. Frota One of the negative characteristics of our times – inherited from an inglorious past – is the persistence of religious hatred, proving that we didn’t accept even today, despite all our progress, different visions of the world,…
Chancery Notice
CN/26/029/2020 Chancery Notice Pastoral Appointment Bishop Stephen LEE has made the following appointment, effective from 1st October 2020: Rev. James CHANG Woo Ho, BMC, ceases to be Assistant Chaplain to Caritas Macau. Given at the Chancery Office, Macau, 21st September…
Agreeing with the Father’s Designs
27 September 2020 – 26th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME- Year AMatthew 21:28-32 Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications The parable of today’s gospel depicts three characters: a father and two sons. At the invitation of his father to go to work…
TREASURES OF SACRED MUSIC – O Sacrum Convivium (Domenico Bartolucci)
Aurelio Porfiri Much has been read about the Council and its hermeneutics. Certainly, some interpretations of this ecumenical assembly have led to a de facto devaluation of the role and dignity of liturgical music and its importance.
“A man ahead of his time”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent Sir John Pope Hennessy’s family name is internationally famous. Hennessy is the world’s most popular Cognac founded by Pope Hennessy’s fellow Irish relative. The name is famous in Hong Kong for a second reason, the grand…
Cloning? The problem starts with in vitro fertilization
Corrado Gnerre Dear ones, I would like to ask you a question. Not so long ago news spread in China, that it would be possible to clone two monkeys. The news obviously caused quite a stir. And it disturbed me…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – St Lazarus Island (17)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The Portuguese were, at the time, lords of the seas, and their pilots, masters and captains, in addition to a place in the armed forces of the kingdom, also competed for a place among their Spanish…
Knights of Columbus Founder to be beatified
Fr Leonard Dollentas Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, will soon be declared blessed, a step prior to sainthood. Father Michael McGivney was not only a remarkable founder but an exemplary pastor, a simple American parish priest…
PENNSYLVANIA BISHOP TELLS CATHOLICS: VOTE WITH LIFE ‘UPPERMOST IN MIND’
(CNA) Defence of innocent human life should be “uppermost” in the mind of Catholic voters at election time, the bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has told Catholics in his diocese. In a letter issued Sept. 9 on voting in the upcoming…