Ross Belle Balatbat Every year, the feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in the Philippines draws millions of devotees and pilgrims, but this year the traditional Peñafrancia Festival was toned down as the devotees complied with the public safety guidelines…
Marco Carvalho A new director this year and a new venue in September 2021. The next few months are expected to be rewarding for the Saint Pius X Music Academy, despite the financial challenges that it faces. Founded in 1962…
BACK TO CHURCH, WITH PROPER SAFETY PROTOCOLSLet us return to the Eucharist with joy! Cardinal Robert Sarah Letter on the celebration of the liturgy during and after the COVID 19 pandemic to the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of the…
Fr Leonard Dollentas Foreign workers in Macau celebrated “Migrants’ Day” last Sunday, September 27, 2020 without much fanfare. Unlike past year celebrations with abundant merriment and cultural exhibitions, this year focused on invoking God’s intercession and comfort in the midst…
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Death is certain. It is a fact. Life is short: “in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers (Psalm 90:6).” Everyone knows this. But we Christians have an…
Fausto Gomez OP During the quarantine, or confinement at home, hospital or hotel, people, psychologists, pastors and friends invite us to be patient. The pandemic is part of our fragile life and will pass. And tomorrow will be better –…
04 October 2020 – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year AMatthew 21:33-43 Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications In the gospel, Jesus uses the image of the vineyard: a master plants, with a hedge around it, digs a mill there,…
The Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity celebrated the feast day of their founder Saint Mother Teresa on the Sunday of September 6 this year at 10 am in the sisters’ community near Ilha Verde. The Mass was presided over…
Anastasios We know that the Catholic Church is blessed in its history with countless religious congregations, men and women who have chosen to give their life in answer to a radical call from the Lord, to serve him sacrificing their…
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro A few years ago, a Filipino researcher visiting Portugal said that the inhabitants of Cebu associate all foreigners with the Portuguese, “even if they are Austrians.” I did not stay long enough in that city to…
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