Joaquim Magalhães de Castro There were Christian nuclei in Sendai, Miwake (today Mizusawa), Yamori (today Maesawa), Shizu, Ichinoseki, Sannoseki and Ishuzumori and the port of Akita functioned, as today, as a maritime antechamber for isolated Hokkaido, the name through which…
(CNS) Father Min Seo Park, one of fewer than two dozen deaf priests worldwide, thinks deafness is hardly a disability and is working to help others realize that as well.
Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent After the author’s death, there was much acclaim. Pope Pius XI sent telegrams (through Cardinal Pacelli, who would later become Pope Pius XII) to Chesterton’s wife and Cardinal Hinsley, head of the Catholic Church of England…
(Calgary Herald) Calgary police are investigating after at least 11 city Catholic churches were vandalized. The acts of vandalism discovered on Canada Day appear to be the latest in a series of recent protests against the church’s historic involvement in…
(Vatican News) The United Nations is warning that more than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are now facing famine following months of clashes.
Fr Leonard E Dollentas Catholic Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of the Diocese of San Carlos in Negros Occidental (a 2ndclass component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines) has been at the frontline of a crusade for environmental protection in…
Marco Carvalho Celebration, but also exaltation and renewal. The Ignatian Jubilee is being celebrated by the Society of Jesus in many different ways, but the Macau Ricci Institute is focusing on contemplation and spiritual transformation to recall the process of…
The Society of Jesus has created a new group to discuss and spread the core message of the Encyclical Letter “Laudato Si”. Environmental concerns are one of the four great spiritual orientations that guide the celebrations of the Ignatian Year,…
António dos Santos Today, July 16th, the Church celebrates the liturgical Feast of Our Lady of Carmel. In Macau, the Catholic community held the novena that ended yesterday, as it happens in other years. Our Lady of Carmel church in…
The parish of St Lazarus celebrated Saint Roch (S. Roque) last Sunday, 11 July, with a Solemn Mass and a procession. Though the official feast of the saint is on August 16, Macau celebrates it on a different day.