– Fr Leonard Dollentas A few days after the celebration of the New Year, Catholic devotees flock to the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene-Parish of Saint John the Baptist Church in Quiapo in Manila, Philippines to prepare for the…
Year: 2020
NEW BRIEFS
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com Vatican City Iraqi patriarch to Pope Francis: Chaldean Church is ‘a church of martyrs’ (CNA) The Chaldean Catholic Church is a Church of martyrs, Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako of Babylon told Pope Francis this week.…
AT THE HONG KONG TOY FAIR – I have a wonderful job, it’s the dream of my life
– ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL “Playing with your children, ‘wasting time’ with your children, is also a way to transmit the faith. It is graciousness, the graciousness of God,” Pope Francis told parents in Milan on March 28 2017. And, of course, playing…
BRINGING WESTERN INFLUENCE TO THE EAST – The Long Journey: The Forbidden City and Maritime Silk Road
– Benedict Keith Ip Together with the Palace Museum, the Macau Museum of Art brings to the public a great exhibition related to the Maritime Silk Road in Macau. An opening ceremony has unveiled the exhibition at 11 AM on…
SOLEMNITY OF THE WORD OF GOD CELEBRATED LOCALLY ON THE 2ND OF FEBRUARY – To promote the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures is a must
– Marco Carvalho The Catholics that usually lend their voice to the reading of the Holy Scriptures in the different parishes of Macau will come together at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady on the 2nd of February…
TEACHING STUDENTS TO ADORE BABY JESUS
Fr Leonard Dollentas led students of St Joseph’s College, along with their parents and teachers, to the Cathedral, explaining the meaning of Epiphany and how this Feast invites all people to God’s salvation through Baby Jesus.
ANDREW LEONG, PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH – Without knowledge of the Scripture, one cannot claim an intimate relationship with Jesus
– Marco Carvalho The newly established “Sunday of the Word of God” – which will be celebrated for the first time ever this year on the 26th January – is an invitation, made by Pope Francis, to Catholics across the…
POPE ON IRAN-USA CRISIS – Dialogue and Respect for International Law
Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com Reuters (Vatican News) In his annual address to members of the diplomatic corps at the beginning of the new year, Pope Francis says the heightening of tensions between Iran and the United States “risks… compromising the…
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THE CHURCH: MOTHER AND TEACHER (MATER ET MAGISTRA)
DESCENDIT IESUS CUM EIS – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
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