*Maria Kwak This year, Macau celebrates the 15th anniversary of its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Initiated by the last governor of Macau in 1994, the Historic center of Macau was inscribed in 2005, making it the 31st…
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CORONAVIRUS AND BIOETHICS (3) Ventilators and selection of patients
FAUSTO GOMEZ OP Bioethics is life ethics, or the ethics of human life from its beginning to its end. As a normative science, bioethics is concerned with the ethical problems connected with life, health, illness and death. It provides the…
BUILT UPON MOTHERS
Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat “My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you– (Galatians 4:19).” Parents need to mold their children in the image and likeness of God. Pope Francis said in his reflection that the…
SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGELI E DEI MARTIRI The persistence of a Sicilian Priest
Anastasios If you arrive in Rome by train, maybe from another Italian city or from a European city connected with Rome by train, it is most likely you will arrive at Termini station, the main train station in Rome. We…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (100)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Before leaving the kingdom of Mrauk-U, Father João Cabral made an important discovery. Four years earlier he had been in Tibet and realized that its inhabitants were not Hindus, but had a religion of their own.…
FROM THE BOOK OF PSALMS TO THE RESPONSORIAL PSALM (14) One practical technique
Aurelio Porfiri In the previous article we discussed the way that a Responsorial psalm should be performed. Some of these ways, as we have pointed out, are not the best, some others are good but require efforts and skills. Of…
THE PARACLETE: OUR PROTECTOR, HELPER AND DEFENDER. 17 May 2020 – 6th Sunday of Easter – Year A John 14:15-21
Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications Macau Jesus promised not to leave his disciples alone, without protection and guidance. He said that he would pray to the Father, and He would “send the other Paraclete” who will always be with them.…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (80) What do we mean when we say that the Church is holy?
Rev José Mario O Mandía One, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church. It is easy to accept that the Church is one, that she is Catholic, and that she comes from the apostles. But holy? Many people would laugh at the…
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