Carlos M. Frota By following regularly the news concerning specifically our Church , I feel very often amazed by the variety of challenges that fall on the desk of Pope Francis, his staff and his closest team of advisers.
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BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (102) – What is Purgatory for?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org We have seen last time that entry to heaven requires a person (1) to be in God’s grace and friendship and (2) to be perfectly purified (cf CCC 1023).

San Clemente al Laterano – Three levels of history
Anastasios If you are visiting Rome, a visit to the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano, not far from Saint John in Lateran, is certainly well worth a visit. As we learn from the website of the Basilica, the church…
The Feast of Our Family
1 November 2020 – All l Saints Day Matthew 5:1-12 Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications Macau The gospel of blessedness is preached from the top of a mountain. More than a real place, “the mountain” in the Bible refers to…

PASTORAL CARE FOR FILIPINO MIGRANTS – Easing unemployment pains
Danilo Perez Ngo The Commission on Social Action of the Pastoral Center for Filipino Migrants located at Francisco Antonio St. No. 48-58, Macau has initiated an outreach program sometime in May 2020 to help and assist migrant workers who have…

USJ DELEGATION COURTESY CALL ON MR EDMUND HO – “USJ is in, of and for Macao, China”
On the afternoon of October 21st, a delegation of the Senior Management team of the USJ, led by the Most Reverend Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang, Chancellor of USJ and the 4th Rector of USJ, Reverend Professor Stephen Morgan, visited the Vice-Chairman…

IN CHILE, ARCHBISHOP CONDEMNS ARSON ATTACKS THAT DESTROYED CATHOLIC CHURCHES
(CNA) The Archbishop of Santiago de Chile condemned arson attacks that destroyed two Chilean churches Sunday, and called on Catholics to carry out acts of reparation for the attacks.

POPE AT PRAYER MEETING “Love alone is path to peace and communion”
On October 20, Pope Francis participated in an International Prayer Meeting for Peace, in the presence of leaders of various Christian denominations, and urged everyone to follow Jesus’s example of self-giving love in order to spread peace.
‘A SIGN OF HOPE AMID THE DARKNESS AND DESPAIR’
(Independent Catholic News) Two Franciscan friars, the only remaining clergy in Idlib, Syria, have revealed the details of their lives ministering in one of the last bastions of jihadist rule in the country, including the daily threat of being killed,…

LIAISON OFFICE OF CENTRAL PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT IN THE MACAU SAR – Director Fu Ziying visits USJ
LIAISON OFFICE OF CENTRAL PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT IN THE MACAU SARDirector Fu Ziying visits USJ On the morning of October 21st, a delegation led by the Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR, Mr…