Marco Carvalho The decision, announced by Pope Francisco during the Angelus prayer on December 27th, to dedicate the current year to the family and conjugal love, took those responsible for managing family affairs within the Diocese of Macau by surprise.…
Robaird O’Cearbhaill The year began with the historic impeachment trial of the US president and the threat of war between the US and Iran, but as Covid pandemic was unleashed, the savage consequences became the story of the year.
Marco Carvalho A multidisciplinary work that brings together varied approaches and very different perspectives on martyrdom. This is how Cristina Osswald, a professor and researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Macau, defines the book Martírios e Massacres – Fazer da…
Corrado Gnerre Some time ago, we talked about the existence of God in this column. Better: the possibility of knowing the existence of God through reason. Of course, this is an argument used by authentic Catholic philosophers. Catholic Theology also…
On 23 December 23 2020, “Mother’s Meal” food distribution program was launched in a very poor village 150 kilometers from the capital in South Sudan, Africa. This program helped 67 families with over 300 members. Each food kit included rice,…
(CNA) A bishop asked Catholics to fast and pray for two days after an earthquake struck Croatia.
(CNA) While the COVID-19 pandemic has turned life upside down for many people in 2020, it’s not the first time the Church has gone through a major health crisis.
It was a special Christmas season in the year 2020 as nineteen catechumens were baptized while nine received the Sacrament of Confirmation during the Christmas Mass on 25 December, 2020. The pandemic had affected the ordinary religious liturgies during Easter…
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The chroniclers Castanheda, Couto and João Baptista Lavanha would literally dissect the mission of the envoy Francisco de Castro.
Aurelio Porfiri Let us be honest: 2020 was horrible! I think that all will agree that so many bad things happened in the past year that we are very happy to leave it in the past forever. But now we…