Aurelio Porfiri I spoke earlier before of the prevalence of fantasy and sporting elegance in the game of soccer, which can be found especially in countries with a long and continuous Catholic tradition. We are well aware that this tradition…
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MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (55)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Born in Coimbra in 1578, Diogo de Carvalho became a Jesuit at the age of 16. From his youth, he felt the desire to leave for the East. He would reach Macau in 1600 to study…
FEAST OF ST MARY MAGDALENE – Messenger of the Resurrection
António dos Santos (*) Yesterday, July 22, the Church celebrated the liturgical feast of St. Mary Magdalene. The desire to place her on the liturgical calendar was born in the heart of Pope Francis and was made official in 2016.…
CATHOLIC PASTORAL CARE FOR FILIPINO MIGRANTS – Activity for the youth launched
The pandemic has brought changes to many lives – young and old from all walks of life. In order to strengthen friendship and camaraderie and to foster personal development and to strengthen the Faith, the Commission on Family & Life…
Soccer and Catholicism
Aurelio Porfiri I imagine that millions of people have remained glued to the television to follow the victory of the Italian national team at the European football championships that ended a few days ago. A painful victory that crowned an…
POPE: “We need to develop an “ecology of the heart”
(Vatican News) After a two-week absence, Pope Francis appeared once again at the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking Saint Peter’s Square for the noontime Sunday Angelus. A week ago he led the Angelus prayer from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, greeting…
WHO IS THE NUN WHO WILL BE BEATIFIED WITH CARDINAL WYSZYNSKI, POLAND’S ‘PRIMATE OF THE MILLENNIUM’?
(CNA) Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, a giant of 20th-century Catholicism, will be beatified on Sept. 12.
The Miracle of Sharing
25 July 2021 – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year BJohn 6:1-15 The Miracle of Sharing Fr. Jijo Kandamkulathy CMFClaretian Publications, Macau The events leading to the solemn proclamation of Jesus that He is the bread of life begin…
AMID CATHOLIC OPPOSITION, STATES ARE LEGALIZING COMPOSTING OF HUMAN REMAINS
(NCR Online) Washington, Colorado and Oregon are now among the U.S. states that have legalized the process of converting human bodies into soil, a procedure the Catholic Church said fails to show “respect for the body of the deceased.” Meanwhile,…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (137) – How should each faithful participate at Mass?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org The Holy Mass is an action of Christ where He offers Himself: He is both Priest and Victim; He is both Offerer and the one Offered. The Church (which is Christ’s Mystical Body) and everyone…