Category: Faith & Life

– Fr Leonard Dollentas I recently encountered a churchgoer who was baptized in the Catholic Church four years ago. As churches in Macao had gradually been reopened, after being closed due to the COVID-19 health precautions, she was at the…

– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus invites his followers to perform the three habitual practices of penance of the Jews: prayer, fasting and almsgiving (cf Mt 6:2-7, 16-18). From then on and up to now,…

– Maria Kwak* The recent spread of COVID-19 in Daegu has made the Archdiocese take further steps. Earlier in February, the Archdiocese made a donation of KRW 200 million (equivalent of 1.3 million in HK dollars) to the Korean Red…

– Anastasios One of the most interesting things about certain churches in Rome is that they were built on sites where there was a preexisting pagan temple or a building from the Roman empire. So, there is the idea of…

– Aurelio Porfiri I think I know what is the safest place to stay in a time when Italy, my country, is facing a surge in the coronavirus epidemic: in a restaurant. Yes, this is my experience and I want…

– Carlos M. Frota Lent. Quarantine. Before developing any further my ideas, I’d like to make clear that  my purpose here  is NOT to give voice to the usual prophets of disgrace who particularly enjoy times of public distress to…

– Corrado Gnerre I am a young man and I often find myself arguing with some friends who unfortunately do not share the Faith with me. We find ourselves talking about God and they deny his existence. To my objection…

– Rev José Mario O Mandía “I lay down my life, that I may take it again. . . I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again” (John 10:17-18). Jesus Christ, true God…

– Joni Cheng The 16th century to the 17th century was a time of the division of western Christianity, known as the Protestant reformation.  There arose many Protestant leaders who desired for reformation that they claimed was not being implemented…