Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent Sir John Pope Hennessy’s family name is internationally famous. Hennessy is the world’s most popular Cognac founded by Pope Hennessy’s fellow Irish relative. The name is famous in Hong Kong for a second reason, the grand…
Aurelio Porfiri Much has been read about the Council and its hermeneutics. Certainly, some interpretations of this ecumenical assembly have led to a de facto devaluation of the role and dignity of liturgical music and its importance.
27 September 2020 – 26th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME- Year AMatthew 21:28-32 Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications The parable of today’s gospel depicts three characters: a father and two sons. At the invitation of his father to go to work…
Corrado Gnerre Dear ones, I would like to ask you a question. Not so long ago news spread in China, that it would be possible to clone two monkeys. The news obviously caused quite a stir. And it disturbed me…
Fr Leonard Dollentas Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, will soon be declared blessed, a step prior to sainthood. Father Michael McGivney was not only a remarkable founder but an exemplary pastor, a simple American parish priest…
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The Portuguese were, at the time, lords of the seas, and their pilots, masters and captains, in addition to a place in the armed forces of the kingdom, also competed for a place among their Spanish…
(Aleteia) The Friars of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy (Mercedarios) in Havana, Cuba, are struggling with poverty and the aftermath of last year’s hurricane.
(CNA) Defence of innocent human life should be “uppermost” in the mind of Catholic voters at election time, the bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has told Catholics in his diocese. In a letter issued Sept. 9 on voting in the upcoming…
(CNA) A man has been charged after he decapitated a statue of Christ in El Paso, while the NYPD is looking for a man who threw a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe into the sidewalk outside a church in…
Aurelio Porfiri When we hear talk about sacred music, we are often reproached that we cannot expect today’s churches, mostly empty of faithful, to have the means to put on a sacred music program the way we believe it should…
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