CN/9/013/2021 Chancery NoticeWorld Communications Day The 55th World Communications Day is celebrated this year on 16th May, Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, with the theme: “‘Come and See’ (Jn 1:46). Communicating by Encountering People Where and as They…
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Does the Old Testament speak about the Eucharist? Yes, it does. Let us first remember what Saint Augustine said: “In vetere Testamento novum latet, in novo vetus patet” – the New Testament is hidden (latet)…
Aurelio Porfiri Perhaps someone may be surprised by thinking that a small city like Macau, China, can boast of a musical tradition in the field of liturgical music that has to be highly respected. Yet it is so, thanks above…
Aurelio Porfiri In his book on the greatest prayers to Mary, Anthony M. Buono rhetorically asks to quote the oldest prayer to the Virgin Mary. He states that most people would answer the Hail Mary, but they would be wrong,…
Fausto Gomez OP Pope Francis’ social encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” (all brothers, FT 2020) is “on Fraternity and Social Friendship.” The general purposeof the papal text (eight chapters, 287 numbers in 187 pages) is to contribute to the development of a…
Corrado Gnerre Dear friends, I have thought of you to resolve my doubt. I am a devotee of Our Lady. I cannot imagine my prayer life without the beautiful and tender figure of Mary. However, some say that Marian devotion…
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The Macanese merchants had fleets capable of sailing from their city to other Asian commercial ports, having many members of religious orders among them, with the Jesuits being the most active in a trade whose profit…
TOPIC Macau as a center and support for linguistic training – a comparative overview on missionary work ABOUT THE TALK Since the middle of the 16th century, Macau has been linked to the production of Western knowledge on China, deserving…
Tej Francis (Vatican News) Pope Francis addressed the faithful on the fifth Sunday of Easter and reflected on how in order to bear witness to Christ, it is necessary to be united with Him and abide in Him actively.
António dos Santos Sometimes forgotten and little talked about, men and women have risked their lives for the sake of others. Today we remember one of these men, the Belgian priest Jozef De Veuster who volunteered to help the lepers…