There are several recently released books that offer an interesting perspective to reflect about. One of these is Preserving the soul – Manual for aspiring patriots by Italian journalist Francesco Borgonovo, published by Lindau in Turin, Italy.
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate likely to lead country again
Ramos Horta became an international celebrity mostly because he won the Nobel Peace prize in 1996 jointly with Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo.
Solidarity across the Sea: A Mass in Macau for COVID-Struck Hong Kong
The solidarity Mass offered by the Cathedral English-speaking community in Macau assuages the grief of the COVID-embattled Hong Kong residents, inspiring hope and courage in a time of desolation
The Providential Consecration of Ukraine and Russia
While popes in the past have performed the consecration stipulated by Our Lady at Fatima to varying degrees, Pope Francis’ forthcoming consecration comes the closest to meeting the specifics of the Blessed Mother’s request and may prove fortuitous.
To scapegoat or to convert: the Lenten choice
We all need someone to blame when something goes wrong in the world: a “villain” to be held accountable for the tragedies we see in the news. This villain can either be a person or sometimes even an entire group of people.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (168): So what do we understand by “freedom”?
“We are in a sense our own parents, and we give birth to ourselves by our own free choice of what is good” (St Gregory of Nyssa, Sermon on Ecclesiastes).
CHANCERY NOTICE: Special Prayer for the End of War
Bishop Stephen LEE announces that, from 20th March to 28th March 2022, in addition to the “Prayer to St. Roch”, the following prayer for peace recently shared by Pope Francis, will be recited in all parishes after public Masses, imploring God to forgive us for war, especially the war in Ukraine
USJ’S 25th ANNIVERSARY MASS: Learn from St Joseph’s Fatherly Heart
The Bishop of Macau, Most Reverend Stephen Lee Bun-sang, celebrated this morning a Thanksgiving Mass for the 25th anniversary of the University of Saint Joseph. The bishop cited Pope Francis’ Patris corde which talks about St Joseph and encouraged everyone to learn from his fatherly virtues.
Jesuits celebrate 400th anniversary of their founder’s canonization
Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Saint Francis Xavier were canonized 400 years ago and, in Macau, the Society of Jesus marked the anniversary last Saturday with a Solemn Mass that took place at the Church of Saint Joseph’s Seminary. The celebrations of the Ignatian Year will come to a close on the 31st of July, but until then, the local Jesuits still have several initiatives on the agenda. The next one takes place on April 9th.
FATHER MICHAEL ZHANG: “It was God’s will that I was put under Mary’s protection”
A devotee of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and formerly an architect, the priest says that the mission entrusted to him by the Bishop of Macau, D. Stephen Lee Bun-sang, is a sign that God placed him under the direct protection of Our Lady. The new parish priest of Our Lady of Fatima spoke to O Clarim.