– Joni Cheng At the end of the 15th century, after Christopher Columbus and his mission of exploration to the western hemisphere, the Spanish and the Portuguese struggled over the authority to colonize and evangelize different parts of the world. …
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THERE’S A LIGHT THAT NEVER SETS – 22nd March 2020, 4th Sunday Of Lent
JOHN 9:1-14 – Fernando Armellini Claretian Publications, Macau In the story of the man born blind every Christian can easily recognize one’s own story. Before meeting Christ he was blind, then the Master gave him his sight. This is symbolic…
DON’T FORGET THE ROMANITY OF THE CHURCH
– Corrado Gnerre I hear a lot talking in the past about the “Romanity” of the Church. Now not so much. What is that? Is it so important? Dear …, Romanity is a cultural judgment and a criterion of civilization…
SALUS POPULI ROMANI – A needful son’s pilgrimage
– Maria Kwak* The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, reported that Pope Francis spent his afternoon on the Third Sunday of Lent to offer a prayer to the Virgin Mary, Salus Populi Romani at the Basilica…
CORONA IN ITALIA – Lockdown!
– Aurelio Porfiri One of the things that I am proud of is about being Roman. And not only of being Roman, but also of being born and raised in the heart of Rome, where true Rome can be felt.…
THEOLOGY OF DOUBT
– Corrado Gnerre I am a very old man, a staunch and practicing Catholic. I remember that when I was a boy, my parish priest, in his frequent catecheses, insisted a lot on the rational knowledge of God. I was…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (71) – Who is the antichrist?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía Jesus stayed on for forty days – long enough for the disciples to prove to themselves that Jesus had really risen from the dead. Then it was time for Him to go back home.…
THE CHURCH CHRIST FOUNDED (10) – Christianity from 1500 to 1750 AD – The Catholic Reformation
One of the beautiful things about the Catholic Reformation was the rich variety of spiritualities that emerged and the rise of the different types of prayer and devotion. Many of these came from the work of particular people who were…
THERE’S WATER THAT’S PRICELESS – 15th March 2020, 3rd Sunday Of Lent (A)
JOHN 4:5-42 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau It is noon when the woman comes to draw water, and Jesus asks her for a drink. She has no name. The only element that defines her is that she…
ONE AND HOLY
– José Maria C.S. André Catholics confess, at least at Sunday Mass during the Creed, that they believe in the one and holy Church. But, given all the protests that we hear, one wonders what this unity means. The Pope’s…