Fausto Gomez OP On February 11, 1985, St John Paul II founded the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers. In 1994, this Pontifical Council issued the first Charter for Health Care Worker. Taking into account, on one…
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A PILGRIM’S NOTES – “Rejoice and be glad”, Holiness made easy
Featured Image: Photo by Yingchou Han on Unsplash Fausto Gomez OP A close friend of mine, a lay person called me up some days ago to tell me joyfully: “I understood it well!” He was referring to the new Apostolic Exhortation…
APOLOGIA (18) – Does God have a will?
FEATURED IMAGE: Guilherme Stecanella at Unsplash Anastasios Objection 1: When we talk of a will, we know that this will has an end in something, in some kind of “good.” But we cannot assign to God any end, so God has…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (63) – Human life: is there an instruction manual?
FEATURED IMAGE: PublicDomainPictures at Pixabay Rev José Mario O Mandía All human beings with the use of reason are capable of knowing natural law and its demands. Moreover, for those who have accepted the faith preached by Jesus Christ, there…
WHERE EXACTLY DID JESUS’ ASCENSION TAKE PLACE? -13 May 2018 – Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11, Eph 4:1-13, Mk 16:15-20 Edmond Lo According to today’s Gospel, Mark, it was in Galilee (Mk 16:7). Matthew also located the event in Galilee (Mt. 28:7, 16). Luke? Contrary to the Marcan and Matthean accounts, he put it…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (3)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Tomé Pires and Duarte Barbosa are the first to give us news of the kingdoms of Bengal populated by “people of war and of trade,” that is, warriors and merchants, highlighting the riches such as cotton,…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER GIOVANNI SCALESE (1) – Between Rome and Kabul
Featured Image: https://agensir.it Aurelio Porfiri There is an interesting Catholic blog called Antiquo Robore. Curious to investigate who was behind this bilingual blog (English-Italian), I soon discovered that the person behind the well-researched blog has a story that was even more…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (65) – Pompeii, Italy
Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompeii. This city was destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The city that developed…
LIGHT OF THE HOME – What does it mean to be a mother?
Featured Image: Photo by Paul Lin on Unsplash Ross Belle Balatbat Mother – in defining it – it is virtually endless. Because motherhood is inherent to the individual they are not aware that their role as mothers is written all over…
CHURCH’S PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR (II) – Confronting poverty and misery in Yolanda’s wake
Fr Leonard E Dollentas On November 8, 2013 the Philippines was struck by powerful typhoon Yolanda (International name Haiyan). At least 6,300 people died from the disaster according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (the Philippine government-run…