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…
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…
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…
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…
(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.
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.”
(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…
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…
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…
Marco Carvalho The members of the Society of Jesus in Macau observed yesterday the opening of the Ignatian Year with the celebration of a Solemn Mass in Saint Joseph’s Church. The Ignatian Year commemorates the 500th anniversary of the battle…