Aurelio Porfiri We already saw the many facets of brain involvement in our music-making. We did not think of it so much before we are faced with problems that are of course influenced by the functioning of our mind. We…
Year: 2020
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (14)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro An anonymous chronicler, certainly a member of the expedition, says that on his first attempt to reach Cebu, Gonçalo Marramaque had lost himself in that rosary of islands and was forced to return to the Moluccas,…
Republican convention night three: God, country, and Notre Dame
(CNA) The third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention featured a Catholic religious sister and a Chinese human rights lawyer and activist endorsing President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.
CATHOLIC LEADERS CONDEMN PHILIPPINE BOMBINGS AS ‘UNCONSCIONABLE’
(CNA) Catholics responded to twin bombings on an island in the Philippines Monday with prayers and calls for peace.
FIRST RUSSIAN CATHOLIC BISHOP APPOINTED SINCE FALL OF COMMUNISM
(Catholic Herald) Fr Nicolai Dubinin has become the first Russian to be appointed a Catholic bishop since the fall of communism. Last Thursday, Pope Francis appointed the 47-year-old Conventual Franciscan as auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow…
Pastoral Guidelines
Pastoral Guidelines When Typhoon SignalorBlack Rainstorm Warning Are In Effect (effective 1st September 2020) 1. When typhoon signal No.8 (or above) has been raised or black rainstorm warning has been issued, the faithful should heed the advisories just like the…
MISSIONS FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD Saint Lazarus Island (1): Ferdinand Magellan
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro A few months before the beginning of the celebrations that mark the 500th anniversary of the circumnavigation trip carried out by Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães is his real name, and I will use it from…
WHAT DOES THE ASCENSION MEAN FOR US?
Fausto Gomez OP The Lord’s Ascension is an integral part of the Paschal Mystery, which began with the death and resurrection of Jesus, continues with his Ascension, and closes with Pentecost, or the Coming of the Holy Spirit. The Ascension…
TAKING POPE FRANCIS’ CHALLENGE
Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent Two individuals at opposite ends of the age range are Covid solvers. A 100 year-old man raised MOP 280 million (32 million in British sterling) charity walking to support UK health service workers. The other…
FROM THE BOOK OF PSALMS TO THE RESPONSORIAL PSALM (15) Sing a new song unto the Lord
Aurelio Porfiri In our previous investigation about the Psalms, and especially about the peculiar liturgical form that is called the Responsorial Psalm, we learnt a few things that I think would be good to recall here, as a summary of…