Anastasios The minor basilica of San Bartolomeo all’isola is a kind of singular church in Rome, for reasons that will soon be quite clear. The first reason is in the name, “in the island,” because the church is in the…
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NELSON ANTÓNIO, CHIEF OF THE LUSOPHONE SCOUTS GROUP OF MACAU – “Our aim is to help our youngsters to work different aspects of their personality”
Marco Carvalho It’s a sort of new beginning after a half-year pandemic-induced break. The Lusophone Scouts Group of Macau will relaunch its activities this Saturday, in Taipa. With a brand new leadership, GELMac is committed to promote regular activities and…
New Apostolic Letter highlights St Jerome’s love of Scripture
(Vatican News) Pope Francis has written an Apostolic Letter for the 1600th anniversary of the death of Saint Jerome the “great doctor and father of the Church, who put the Bible at the centre of his life.”
SISTER JUDETTE, RC, ON HER JUBILEE AS A RELIGIOUS – Fifty years of fidelity to consecrated life
Fr Leonard Dollentas Young people today – and indeed every person when they reflect on life – may ask “Can a person truly give themselves to God? Is it possible to be faithful to a vocation in Jesus Christ forever?”…
BISHOPS JOIN ECUMENICAL CALL FOR END TO VIOLENCE
(Independent Catholic News) Bishop Declan Lang and Bishop Philip Egan have added their voices to an ecumenical statement calling on the UK government and the international community to respond, robustly, to the violence in Cameroon.
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (19)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Let’s get back to the 16th century Cebu, this time to watch the arrival, from the jungles of Borneo, of a mountain warrior, Lapu-Lapu is his name, whom Rajah Humabon – probably afraid of competition –…
RUSSIA’S CATHOLIC CHURCH WARNS AGAINST PROPOSED CURBS ON CLERGY
(CNS) Catholic Church officials in Russia criticized planned religious law changes that will require all clergy who studied abroad to retrain in a Russian college.
Chancery Notice
CN/27/030/2020 Chancery Notice Bishop Stephen LEE has made public the following change of assignment, effective from 15th October 2020: Rev. James CHANG Woo Ho, BMC, will return to his home country by the arrangement of his own Religious Superior and…
SALESIANS RAISE 8 MILLION EUROS FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY PANDEMIC
(CNA) The head of the Salesians announced that the order has raised nearly 8 million euros to help thousands of families worldwide who have been financially affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
TREASURES OF SACRED MUSIC – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Gregorian chant) Aurelio Porfiri Among the Marian antiphons that were and are still performed at the end of Mass or during the Marian months, certainly the Salve Regina and Regina Coeli would win in popularity. Nevertheless, the…