Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org The CCCC (282) teaches us that “Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist in a unique and incomparable way. He is present in a true, real and substantial way, with his Body and his Blood, with his Soul and his Divinity. In the Eucharist, therefore, there is present in a sacramental way, that is, under…
Corrado Gnerre Dear friend, your effort does a worthy work for the enhancement of the true roots of the West, so that – let’s face it frankly – we can become more and more attached to this West which seems to be more and more unwelcome. I wouldn’t want to be wrong, but Benedict XVI himself invited the West to…
Fausto Gomez OP Thomas a Kempis tells us that patience is necessary because we have to face many adversities in this life (cf. Imitation of Christ). What is the road to patience? God is patient with us. The omnipotent and merciful God is patient with his creation, with his creatures, especially the human being. God’s patience “is shown in his…
António dos Santos On Sunday, 1st August, the Universal Church celebrates St Alphonsus Liguori. In an audience in St Peter’s Square on March 30, 2011, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI spoke to us about St Alphonsus Liguori. When presenting the holy Doctor of the Church, Benedict XVI praised him saying that we owe him a lot, because he was an outstanding…
Robaird O’CearhaillHong Kong Correspondent As Northern Europe is ravaged by heatwaves, the deadliest disaster was a tsunami-type flood. Why, when predictably heavy floods were on the way, said official weather forecasts, in a German district, are there 177 dead and 1300 missing according to local authorities? What happened?
Aurelio Porfiri I believe there are few musicians who have a posthumous contemporary fame like the Venetian Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), who died 280 years ago on 28 July in a situation of near poverty and buried in a mass grave in Vienna, where he was at that time. He was then almost forgotten and revived in the past century. He…
Robaird O’Cearbhaill As Laudato si declares: Care for our common home, the planet, is our duty. Native people have been doing that for aeons, using traditional knowledge all over the world, before colonialism and large-scale intensive farming replaced native practices, except in isolated places. The research in studies into native environment skills has become more important as another way to…
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Once he arrived in Matsumae, Diogo de Carvalho immediately retired to “the house of an ancient Christian of ours.” He does not mention his name although he assures us that “the joy with which everyone in his family received me” was great.
(Global sisters report) Thirty Da Lat Lovers of the Holy Cross sisters hurriedly prepare and cook rice, fish, meat and vegetables, packing meals in foam boxes at the kitchen in their day care center in Ho Chi Minh City.
(Vatican News) “His Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life in the explosion at the Al-Wuhailat market in Baghdad”.