Corrado Gnerre Dear friends, I am a student in the last year of Liceo Classico. I am very passionate about philosophy and also theology. There is one point on which I want to sufficiently reflect upon and it is that…
Year: 2021
VIOLENCE, NONVIOLENCE, WAR – No to violence (1)
Fausto Gomez OP Violence is usually understood as an overpowering physical, moral or structural force that controls or manipulates the human person and the social group. Violence appears as an incurable virus in our world. We read the newspapers, we…
“You need God in your life, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent Film megastar, Rocky and Rambo actor, Sylvester Stallone, disabled from birth, unlikely for Hollywood stardom, made it, with the help of God. Sylvester Stallone was not even slightly expecting to be an actor, let alone a…
THE SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST – The Holy Spirit, Soul of the Church
This Sunday, May 23, our churches in union with the universal Church celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. Jesus before ascending to Heaven said to His apostles: “But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (47)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The goods transported on the Macanese merchant’s vessels were predominantly gold, ivory and slaves, African or Asian, this fact referenced not only in Goa, Macau and Manila, but also in China and Japan. Most of these…
GUN SHOTS, FEAR, PRAYER AND FORGIVENESS
(Vatican News) Forty years ago, the assassination attempt on John Paul II took place in Saint Peter’s Square. A video with commentary by André Frossard recalls those shocking events, together with the disarming power of mercy and forgiveness.
THE REAL “SECRET” OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA – Our weapons: prayer, penance, apostolate
Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat This year, the 104th year of the apparition of the Virgin Mary was celebrated on 13 May with the intention “For the peace of the world and for the end of COVID-19 Pandemic.”
POPE FRANCIS ON MYANMAR – “May God convert all hearts to peace.”
(Vatican News) Pope Francis presides over a special Mass for Myanmar Catholics living in Rome and joins them in prayers for peace. As an expression of the Church’s closeness to the suffering people of Myanmar, Pope Francis joined Burmese Catholics…
CLARETIANS UNVEIL THEIR FIRST SHORT FILM – Music and hope against adversity
Marco Carvalho “An extraordinary response to an extraordinary situation.” This is how Father Jijo Kandamkhulaty, director of the Macau subsidiary of the Claretian Publications, describes the first short film entirely conceived and produced by the Delegation of the Claretian Missionaries…
Our Lady of Fatima’s Motherly Words to the Suffering
Fr Leonard E Dollentas Many devotees of Our Lady of Fatima in Macau were disappointed when hopes for holding the annual procession dimmed. Although the COVID-19 situation is improving in some parts of the globe, it is worsening in other…