The Society of Jesus has created a new group to discuss and spread the core message of the Encyclical Letter “Laudato Si”. Environmental concerns are one of the four great spiritual orientations that guide the celebrations of the Ignatian Year,…
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JULY 16 – LITURGICAL FEAST OF OUR LADY OF CARMEL – In Macau, another year of “confined” celebrations
António dos Santos Today, July 16th, the Church celebrates the liturgical Feast of Our Lady of Carmel. In Macau, the Catholic community held the novena that ended yesterday, as it happens in other years. Our Lady of Carmel church in…
SAINT ROCH – Macau celebrates its protector from the pandemic
The parish of St Lazarus celebrated Saint Roch (S. Roque) last Sunday, 11 July, with a Solemn Mass and a procession. Though the official feast of the saint is on August 16, Macau celebrates it on a different day.
POPE AT ANGELUS – “Healthcare for all is essential service”
(Vatican News) From the balcony of his tenth-floor hospital window, Pope Francis greets crowds gathered below for the Sunday Angelus, broadcast live around the world. He thanks them for their closeness and offers his prayers for those suffering and needing…
World Day of the Elderly
Fausto Gomez OP Throughout the year, the United Nations (UN) has declared a good number of world days. The latest we have celebrated: World Earth Day on April 22, 2021. The Catholic Church, for its part, also celebrates a few…
FR. CEDRIC: “FR. STAN STILL LIVES ON, HE IS A BEACON OF HOPE”
(Vatican News) Indian Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash, a human rights and peace activist, mourns his fellow Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy, who died on July 5 in Mumbai.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (136) – What does the Letter to the Hebrews reveal to us about the Mass?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org The Letter to the Hebrews is a treasury of information about the Holy Mass. It makes the following key affirmations: 1. Jesus Christ inaugurates a new, far superior Covenant He is the Mediator of a…
Chancery Notice
CN/13/017/2021 Chancery Notice PLENARY INDULGENCE GRANTED ON THE FIRST WORLD DAY OF GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY In order to enhance the devotion of the faithful and for the salvation of souls, Pope Francis will grant a Plenary Indulgence to grandparents,…
Sovereignty and Christianity. Can they coexist?
Corrado Gnerre I am a young man and I always read to you with pleasure. I have to ask you a question that – I think – many ask themselves these days. To put it more appropriately: these are two…
A Light Backpack Journey
Fr. Jijo Kandamkulathy CMFClaretian Publications, Macau 11 July 2021 – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year BMark 6:7-13 The apostles are sent two by two with authority over the unclean spirits of this world. The questions that arise in…