Tej Francis (Catholic News Service) On Paris’ Rue Haxo, a white-brick church commemorates dozens of Catholic clergy who fell victim to one of modern Europe’s bloodiest uprisings. Its 150th anniversary will be marked in the last week of May with…
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FOUR CATHOLICS KILLED IN MILITARY ATTACK ON MYANMAR CHURCH
(Vatican News) Myanmar’s military on Monday fired artillery shells at a Catholic Church in eastern Myanmar, killing four civilians sheltering there. Sacred Heart Church in Kayanthayar Parish near Loikaw, the capital city of Kayah state, a Catholic area was the…
BLACK CATHOLICS SEE CONTINUED PROGRESS ON THE ROAD TO CANONIZATION FOR ‘SAINTLY SIX’
(National Catholic Register) Thirty-three years after Venerable Henriette DeLille’s cause was opened, an alleged miracle is now in the hands of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican, putting this holy heroine of New Orleans close to…
Cardinal Newman Center presents screening of Souls
In celebration of 2021 World Day of Social Communications, the Associação Diocesana das Artes Performativas e Culturais de Macau (ADAPEC), the Centro Diocesano dos Meios de Comunicação Social (CDMCS) and the Centro de Cultura e Artes Performativas Cardeal Newman de…
AUTHORITIES ALARMED BY FALLING POPULATION – China announces “three-child era”
Marco Carvalho China has decided on Monday to increase the limit of children per couple from two to three, an announcement that aims to halt the demographic free fall the world’s most populous nation has been experiencing. The measure rectifies…
How Are Bishops Selected?
Fr Leonard E Dollentas When Jesuit Fr Stephen Chow Sau-yan received his appointment as the new bishop of Hong Kong, he was shocked, and initially, he refused. Like Fr Chow, most bishops appointed are caught by surprise when chosen because…
PAHIYAS FESTIVAL – Faithful venerate farmer and wife saints
Ross Belle Santos Balatbat The Pahiyas festival is a tradition that originated in Lucban, Quezon in the Philippines to thank God for the bountiful harvest and honor the patron saint of farmers, Saint Isidore the Farmer and Saint Maria Toribia,…
Thirty days of roses for our Mother
Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat When I was seven, my mother taught me how to pray the rosary and I was motivated as I witnessed her and my aunt praying at least seven sets in a day. As a young child, I…
Flores de Mayo at São Domingos Church
Fr Leonard Dollentas Flores de Mayo (“Flowers of May”) is a traditional celebration for Filipinos in the month of May. A Filipino in Macau who hails from Cebu recalls: “Decades ago, when I was still a boy, I remember that…
Medieval people and beauty
Corrado Gnerre I really appreciate your magazine. For a very simple reason, because you know how to combine Faith and Beauty well. In this regard, I would like you to relate to me about how medieval people loved Beauty. When…