– Enrico Finotti I would like to understand the widespread habit of filling churches with billboards and posters. Is not it rather unseemly, at least in some very beautiful churches? The many posters that invade our churches are now a…
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THE LESSER-KNOWN ANTHONY – Solitary struggles
– Aurelio Porfiri Many years ago, during one of my first stays in Macau, I was asked to direct a choir for the feast of Saint Anthony in June. I said that I was happy to be able to celebrate…
DOING THE FATHER’S WILL – Mary, Mother of God and God’s Servant
– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP Mary is the Mother of God – and our Mother. She is God’s servant and does God’s will. MARY, MOTHER OF GOD – Mary is the Mother of Jesus, the Son of God (cf. Lk 1:26-38).…
A READER’S RANDOM NOTES – Faith in daily life
– Maria Kwak First, a bit about myself. I am a native of Seoul, South Korea and now pursuing a master’s degree in History and Heritage Studies at University of Saint Joseph since September, 2018. My family had been Catholic…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (36)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Upon our arrival we were indeed intrigued with a small bonfire in the middle of the road that a middle-aged man at times revived with the help of a long stick. It is, as Sangay…
HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE – Vatican releases details on Protection of Minors Meeting
(Vatican News) The Director ad interim of the Holy See Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti, on Wednesday provided journalists with further information regarding “The protection of minors in the Church” Meeting, to be held in the Vatican from 21 to 24 February 2019.
ARCHBISHOP DOM HENRYK HOSER APOSTOLIC VISITOR ON EXPANSION OF MEDJUGORJE SANCTUARY – We are building a new Medjugorje!
– Miguel Augusto (*) Medjugorje will be raised as a Marian Shrine and plans are underway for the extension of the existing sanctuary, said Polish Archbishop Henryk Hoser, apostolic visitor to Medjugorje. The faithful followers of Our Lady in Medjugorje…
FILIPINOS SET TO ATTEND WORLD YOUTH DAY – Young people from around the world converge on Panama City for World Youth Day 2019
FEATURED IMAGE: Delegates from the Philippines during the previous World Youth Day in Poland in 2016. (Photo by R Lagarde, CBCPNews) – Robin Gomes (Vatican News) Young people from around the world are getting ready to join the Catholic Church’s…
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– Tej Francis BEIRUT INAUGURATION OF CHURCH FUNDED BY THE EMIR OF QATAR (AsiaNews) The Maronite Patriarch, Card. Beshara Raï, this week inaugurated the Church of St. John the Evangelist, within the convent of St. Savior of the Lebanese Missionary…
DEVOTION THAT DRAWS MILLIONS, EVEN THUGS – The Traslación of the Black Nazarene
FEATURED IMAGE: Sunstar – Fr Leonard E Dollentas Every ninth of January Filipinos fervently pay homage to the Black Nazarene. The entire grounds of the Quirino Grandstand and the streets leading towards Quiapo Church became a sea of millions of…