(Catholic Herald) Fr Nicolai Dubinin has become the first Russian to be appointed a Catholic bishop since the fall of communism. Last Thursday, Pope Francis appointed the 47-year-old Conventual Franciscan as auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow…
Pastoral Guidelines When Typhoon SignalorBlack Rainstorm Warning Are In Effect (effective 1st September 2020) 1. When typhoon signal No.8 (or above) has been raised or black rainstorm warning has been issued, the faithful should heed the advisories just like the…
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro A few months before the beginning of the celebrations that mark the 500th anniversary of the circumnavigation trip carried out by Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães is his real name, and I will use it from…
Fausto Gomez OP The Lord’s Ascension is an integral part of the Paschal Mystery, which began with the death and resurrection of Jesus, continues with his Ascension, and closes with Pentecost, or the Coming of the Holy Spirit. The Ascension…
Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent Two individuals at opposite ends of the age range are Covid solvers. A 100 year-old man raised MOP 280 million (32 million in British sterling) charity walking to support UK health service workers. The other…
Aurelio Porfiri In our previous investigation about the Psalms, and especially about the peculiar liturgical form that is called the Responsorial Psalm, we learnt a few things that I think would be good to recall here, as a summary of…
Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat As a young child, I thought that devotion to Mary was just a summer activity thought up by catechists for children. Most Catholic churches and even in many Catholic homes, a “May Altar” was set with an image…
Rev José Mario O Mandía The term “Catholic” comes from the Greek adjective καθολικός (katholikos), meaning “universal,” all-encompassing. The term was first used back around the year 107 AD by one of the Church Fathers, Saint Ignatius of Antioch, in…
JERUSALEM An Arab doctor and an ultra-Orthodox Jew find common ground in a covid ward (Washington Post) When Jesse Michael Kramer was hospitalized with the coronavirus, he realized as soon as the doctor in the spacesuit introduced himself that it…
Corrado Gnerre It is often said that the Catholic Church must eliminate ecclesiastical celibacy. There are many who claim that this celibacy dates back to the Middle Ages and that therefore it was completely non-existent in the early Church. It’s…
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