Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Now and then, people ask why communion is usually given only with the Sacred Host. The CCC (no 1390) explains: “Since Christ is sacramentally present under each of the species, communion under the species of…
Month: June 2021
The Grail: magic or religious object?
Corrado Gnerre The writer is a mother of a fifteen-year-old boy. My son has been reading books about the Grail for some time. Leafing through them, however, I realized that they are texts impregnated with magic, esotericism, occultism and other…
Learning a Lesson from the Master Amidst Crisis
Fr. Jijo Kandamkulathy CMFClaretian Publications, Macau 20 June 2021 – 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year BMk 4:35-41 The sense of betrayal and insecurity can shatter anyone. The disciples were going through a similar phase in life. They were in…
Counterorder: the dress makes the monk
Aurelio Porfiri I recently watched a video of a debate between a non-denominational Bible scholar, a rabbi, an Orthodox bishop, a Protestant biblical scholar, and a Catholic priest. The rabbi had a skullcap, the bishop wore an ecclesiastical dress appropriate…
Three saints, El Patas & Co.
José Maria C.S. André A few days ago (May 29), the Church beatified three Spanish martyr nurses, Olga Pérez (23 years old), María Pilar Gullón (25 years old) and Octavia Iglesias (41 years old).
May war be today a path to justice and peace? (3)
Fausto Gomez OP When one speaks of war from an ethical and Christian perspective, he or she will most probably think of “the Just War Theory.” In the past, and up to the twentieth century, wars seemed to be inevitable…
FRA’ ANDREW BERTIE, GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA – On step two towards sainthood
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent The 1000 year Catholic Order of Malta is designed to, and has been functioning since the beginning, to help the poor and sick in violent conflicts, natural emergencies and in poverty. It is one of the…
“Irish Miracle”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong correspondent Medieval Irish missionaries saved European civilization and education, restoring and widely evangelizing Catholicism for centuries.
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (50)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Francisco Gali, captain of the ship San Juan, took along Alonso Gomez as a pilot and, among his crew, several Portuguese sailors. After getting together, on the high seas, with another ship named San Martin, San…
CARDINAL GEORGE PELL TURNS 80, LOSES RIGHT TO VOTE IN PAPAL CONCLAVE
(Catholic News Agency) Cardinal George Pell turned 80 years old on Tuesday, losing his eligibility to vote in a future papal conclave.