Teresa Lo The first week of October was a boon to so many locals who longed to take a break and spend time with families and friends. On that weekend, Vila São José opened up the space for the first…
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St Martin de Porres
Fausto Gomez OP On November 3 the Church celebrates the memorial of St Martin de Porres, the day of his death on earth and of his birth in heaven.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (103) – Is there a way of going around Purgatory?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org What does the “fire” of purgatory consist in? Pope Benedict explains: “Some recent theologians are of the opinion that the fire which both burns and saves is Christ himself, the Judge and Saviour. The encounter…
POPE AT ALL SOULS MASS “Christian hope is the Lord’s free gift”
(Vatican News) In his homily at Mass for the commemoration of the deceased faithful, in the Church of the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican, Pope Francis made the prophet Job’s words his own, and explained that Christian hope is a…
Why can’t people stand kneelers anymore?
Corrado Gnerre For some time I have noticed that there are fewer kneelers in churches today. Indeed, in modern buildings, often benches are found without the part assigned to welcome the faithful genuflected. I don’t understand why. I initially thought…
Mother’s meal inaugurated in Uganda
On the feast of their founder St Anthony Claret, the Bangalore Claretians inaugurated the Mother’s Meal program in Uganda, to provide support for 100 families in distress due to COVID.
FATHER JIJO KANDAMKULATHY, CO-FOUNDER OF “MOTHER’S MEAL” INITIATIVE “The people of Macau have always been generous in contributing to the cause of the poor”
Marco Carvalho The “Mother’s Meal” initiative, which was launched last August in India, has expanded to Uganda in late October. The ambitious programme, which aims to feed one million families worldwide over the course of a whole year, has reached…
PHILIPPINE BISHOP WEIGHS IN Explaining Pope’s civil union comments
Leonard Dollentas In the documentary film, “Francesco” premiered at the Rome Film Festival last October 16, 2020, filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky chronicles Pope Francis’s approach to pressing social issues. In one portion of the documentary referring to homosexual people, Pope Francis…
THE FRENCH PRIEST AND CATHOLIC ORGANIZATION RESCUING CHILDREN FROM THE STREETS OF MANILA
(Aleteia) Fr. Matthieu Dauchez is a French priest who works in Manila, Philippines, as the director of the ANAK-Tnk foundation, which helps street children in the poorest areas of the capital city. The foundation has already helped more than 50,000…
CARDINAL SARAH SAYS WEST MUST WAKE UP TO THREAT OF ISLAMISM AFTER THREE KILLED AT FRENCH CATHOLIC CHURCH
(CNA) Vatican Cardinal Robert Sarah said Thursday that the West must wake up to the threat of Islamism after three people were killed at a French church by an attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar.”