The Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom is situated in Vallarpadam in the city of Cochin in the state of Kerala, India. It is a famous center of pilgrimage, people from all parts of Kerala and outside, irrespective of caste…
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A PILGRIM’S NOTES – Songs for the journey
– Fausto Gomez OP Some weeks ago, I read a review of a novel authored by Nuria Gago entitled Quiéreme siempre (Love me always). The protagonists are two women – one is a young nurse, and the other, an old…
ASK THE LITURGIST (12) – ‘Go’ or ‘Let us go in peace’?
– Enrico Finotti ‘Bless you’ or ‘May God Almighty bless us’; ‘Go’ or ‘Let us go in peace.’ When will we finish discussing this question? Is there an answer? Behind every liturgical expression there is always a theology and to…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (77) – Does religion cause wars?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía I have a friend who reads the Bible daily, but says he is not interested in joining any religion. “Religion causes wars,” he told me. In his book The End of Faith, American author…
AND THE WORD BECAME EUCHARISTIC BREAD – 19TH August 2018 – 20th Sunday In Ordinary Time (B)
– Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau Today’s Gospel begins with an outrageous statement: the bread to eat is “his own flesh.” The reaction of those present is understandable and justified: “How can this man give us his flesh to…
APOLOGIA (25) – How many magi were there?
– Anastasios Objection 1: It is not really sure how many of the supposed Magi were present at the birth of Jesus and this leads us to think that the Gospels are not really reliable.
ON PILGRIMAGE (6) – Our Lady of Fatima
– Sr Margaret Fung This is our last stop. We will spend three days in Fatima after leaving France. I was glad to discover the name Fatima was a Muslim name. It dates back to the early years when the…
THEOLOGIAN PAUL THIGPEN TALKS ABOUT HIS BOOK SAINTS WHO BATTLED SATAN – “To continue to reject truthfulness, seems to me more the expression of a blind and irrational belief”
– Miguel Augusto In an interview granted to Aleteia in 2016, theologian and professor Paul Thigpen spoke about his book Saints Who Battled Satan, published in November 2015, which he considered to be a continuation of his bestselling Manual for…
CHURCH FATHERS (25) – Saint Hippolytus of Rome
We don’t know a lot about Saint Hippolytus of Rome’s (170-235) historical circumstances. He was a disciple of St Irenaeus and a friend of Origen. Probably he was a Bishop, but we don’t know much more about this fact.
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (76) – Is man religious by nature?
A relief showing Zeus and Leto with their offspring Apollo and Artemis to the right. 420-410 BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Brauron, Greece) – Rev José Mario O Mandía Man’s nature makes him a rational and a social being. Does it…