Jer 1:4-10; 1 Pt 1:8-12; Lk 1:57-66,80 Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications In the barren womb of Elizabeth the evangelist sees depicted the sterility of Israel and the condition of death in which the whole humanity lies. The desperate situation…
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Sebastião Manrique, an Augustinian missionary and a Portuguese traveler, visited Dhaka in September 1640 and stayed there for about twenty-seven days. According to him, the city stretched along the Buriganga River for more than four…
Featured Image: One of the side altars in the cathedral of Pamplona, Navarre (Spain). (Photo by José Mario O Mandía.) – Enrico Finotti The side altars are generally abandoned. However, many of them are of great value and are part…
– Aurelio Porfiri I would like you may continue to lead us in what early Christianity is telling us about Mary Magdalene… After centuries of debates, two lines of interpretation emerged in the major Christian traditions. In the Greek Church,…
The procession of an image of Our Lady de la Breche takes place every year at Chartres, in thanksgiving for Our Lady’s having delivered the city, when besieged by heretics, in the year 1568. It was during this siege that…
– Tej Francis PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINE CATHOLIC PRIESTS: ‘THEY ARE KILLING US’ (Al Jazeera) The killings of three Catholic priests since December have raised alarm in the Philippines, with the church and political leaders condemning the continued “culture of impunity” in…
– Ross Belle Balatbat Fathers are equally deserving of a day of praise like mothers on Mother’s Day. In most parts of the globe, Father’s Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of June. It is about recognizing the gift…
– Pedro Daniel Oliveira “Portugal is now a worldwide case study, because we are one of the countries of the world with a higher rate of students with difficulties and disabilities educated in regular schools. Those students are 98.5% in…
Pedro Daniel Oliveira O CLARIM is going to release the English and Chinese 2nd edition of History of Salvation – Time of Israel (first volume) during the 29th Hong Kong Book Fair, to be run on July 18-24.
Featured Image By: Jason Choi – Jasmin Yiu Sister Marie-Anastasia Carré, CB (Community of the Beatitudes) is running an exhibition of paintings from June 8 to 30 entitled Journey of the Heart: A pilgrimage from within. The opening ceremony was…