MATTHEW 11:2-11 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications Limited To the messengers sent by John the Baptist, Jesus was presented as the Messiah, listing the signs taken from texts of Isaiah (Is 35:5-6; 26:19; 61:1), the prophet of hope, who…
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MURILLO’S IMMACULATE CONCEPTION – Purity and eternity of Our Lady
– Maria Kwak* In our digital world, the significance that the paper calendar or diary holds is losing its function to many of us, especially to the younger generation. I am a big fan of keeping a diary in old…
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE AND SAINT PHILIP ON VIA AURELIA – Mexican faith in Rome
Photo: Wikimapia – Anastasios Rome is not only the story of Italian people, but it is also the story of the faith of people all over the world. And this faith becomes a concrete reality, as with the building of…
FROM THE BOOK OF PSALMS TO THE RESPONSORIAL PSALM (5) – Saint Alphonsus Liguori on the Psalms
– Aurelio Porfiri It may be remembered that Pope Benedict XVI has said that the proof that the Catholic Church is the one intended by God can be witnessed in her art and in her saints. I think that there…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (80)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro As early as the 1990s, the Bhutan government had expelled the Nepalese-born Lhotshampa population, which constituted one-fifth of the country’s total population. In the process, they were denied Bhutanese citizenship, making them stateless. Some Lhotshampas…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso bishop: As violence continues, ‘nobody is listening’ (CNA) Following the death of more than a dozen Christians in a church shooting over the weekend, a Burkina Faso bishop said Western…
LUSOPHONE SCOUTS IN CHIANG MAI FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM – GELMac collects a ton of donations in annual food drive
– Marco Carvalho Eight hours and the generosity of a significant number of local consumers were enough for the Lusophone Scouts Group of Macau (GELMac) to collect a ton of food and basic need in the latest edition of the…
OUR LADY OF CARMEL CELEBRATES THE SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
The parish of Our Lady of Carmel in Taipa celebrated the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with a procession of the image of our Lady of Carmel around the area. (Photo by Ivan Leong)
CHANCERY NOTICE – Pastoral Appointments
CN/27/030/2019 Bishop Stephen LEE has made the following appointments, effective 1 January 2020:
FILIPINOS IN MACAU OVERJOYED ON CARDINAL TAGLE’S APPOINTMENT
– Fr Leonard Dollentas Filipinos in Macau welcomed with excitement the recent appointment of Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle as the new prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples or Propaganda Fide.