– Rev Josรฉ Mario O Mandรญa Both philosophy and Revelation show us that the things we see around us not only attest to the existence of a Maker but also reveal His attributes (cf Wisdom 13:1-10; Romans 1:18-20; Psalm 19:1).…
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POLISH ARTIST BRINGS THEMED EXHIBITION TO MACAU – John Paul II as seen by Joanna Sobcyzk-Pajฤ k
– Marco Carvalho Saint John Paul II was the central figure of an art exhibition that was recently held at the Seminary of Saint Joseph. The twenty paintings that Polish artist Joanna Sobcyzk-Pajฤ k brought to Macau are part of a…
SOLEMNITY OF THE BLESSED TRINITY – God has us in his address book
PROV 8:22-31; ROM 5:1-5; JN 16:12-15 – Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) The feast of the Holy Trinity is different from all the other feasts of the liturgical year, such as Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, and Pentecost, when we celebrate the…
ASK THE LITURGIST (29) – The hermeneutic of continuity
FEATURED IMAGE: Cardinal Ratzinger with Pope Paul VI. – Don Enrico Finotti Recently there has been a growing discussion on the Council and its interpretation. Pope Benedict XVI proposed the motto โreform in continuity,โ but the debate continues. I would…
CHURCH FATHERS (59) – Saint Prosper Of Aquitaine
– Anastasios Saint Prosper of Aquitaine (390-463) was a layman, disciple of Saint Augustine, a man of great doctrine and knowledge. He was a secretary of Pope Leo the Great. Most of his writings deal with heresies that were rampant…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (35) – Can God do whatever he pleases?
– Rev Josรฉ Mario O Mandรญa โHe does whatever he pleasesโ (Psalm 115:3). Through reason we discover many attributes of God. Our faith confirms these attributes. Among all these divine attributes, however, we are obliged by the Creed to declare…
THE PARACLETE IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH – United and moved by one Spirit
– Miguel Augusto This Sunday, June 9, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Pentecost. The Church instituted by Jesus of Nazareth and initiated by His Apostles, gathered together in prayer in the upper room, with Mary Most Holy, awaited the…
HUMAN CLONING (1) – Description and kinds
FEATURED IMAGE: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Dolly_clone.svg – Fausto Gomez Op We plan to develop the challenging topic Human Cloning in three pieces: the first will describe the main concepts and distinctions related to human cloning; the second will study reproductive human cloning from…
AN IMAGINARY DIALOGUE – Agatha & Frederic
– Carlos M. Frota I imagined for this week’s chronicle aย dialogue between two close friends, Agatha and Frederic, so close that very often they are together to exchange ideas and evaluate the worldโs events. And because they like the…
ALCUIN OF YORK – Know yourself first if you want to know others
– Aurelio Porfiri In recent decades, one of the dominant questions is that of Christian identity. Sometimes it seems to us that this identity is experienced as a burden, as something to be freed from to open up to the…