Fr Leonard E Dollentas “I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already!” (Luke 12:49) On December 11, 1821, Father Laurent Ilbert, a French Catholic priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society…
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Ascending to Divine Love
9 May 2021 – 6th Sunday of Easter- Year BJn. 15: 9-17 Fr. Jijo Kandamkulathy CMFClaretian Publications, Macau The letter of Saint John we read today is a commentary to the gospel, in which he explains love is of God…
ALEXANDRE LEBEL, RESEARCHER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH – “Maquista is a language but also a set of practices”
Marco Carvalho If there were any doubts remaining, Alexandre Lebel dispelled them. The Canadian researcher, who earlier this week defended, at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), his doctoral dissertation in the area of creolistics, managed to prove through a…
FINNISH MP FACES CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER TWEETING BIBLE VERSE
Tej Francis (CNA) An MP in Finland is facing jail over a social media post that included a quotation from the Bible.
REMAINING CATHOLIC CLERGY KIDNAPPED IN HAITI FINALLY RELEASED
Tej Francis (CNA) The Society of Priest of St. Jacques announced this Friday, April 30th, that the remaining seven of the 10 Catholic leaders kidnapped in Haiti on April 11 have been released and are in good health.
VENEZUELA’S ‘DOCTOR OF THE POOR’ BEATIFIED IN AUSTERE CEREMONY
Tej Francis (CNS) A Venezuelan doctor who treated patients during the Spanish flu pandemic and was one of the first to introduce microscopes to his nation’s hospitals was beatified April 30 in an austere ceremony held in Caracas, the city…
Dream and be faithful until the end
Jasmin Yiu On “Good Shepherd Sunday,” the fourth Sunday of Easter, and the 58th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, the Catholic Diocese of Macau and the Serra Club dedicated a Mass, celebrated by His Excellency Bishop Stephen Lee, to…
MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS FOR LENT 2021 – “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem” (Mt 20:18)
Dear Brothers and Sisters, (Vatican VA) In our Lenten journey towards Easter, let us remember the One who “humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross” (Phil 2:8). During this season of conversion, let us renew…
CHIARETTO YAN (甄健湘), PROFESSOR OF ASIAN PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH – “We should not despise these cultural practices outright”
Marco Carvalho The Lunar New Year is, for Chinese communities all over the world, a celebration of the family, and Catholics are no exception. The Church does not rebel against the offer of the “red pocket” and does not interdict…
El Shaddai Macau chapter celebrates 27th anniversary
Leonard Dollentas For the last 27 years the El Shaddai Catholic prayer group has played an important role in the lives of the thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in Macau. El Shaddai members often describe the encounter with the…