Category: Faith & Life

– Tej Francis Saint Monica is a patron saint for mothers and wives. She was an exemplary woman who never gave up hope and her faith in God among all tribulations in her family life. If there are mothers out…

[照片來源] Thang Phan at Pixabay – FAUSTO GOMEZ OP Hereafter. I wish to reflect on aging and old age today.  I started to be concerned about aging and the elderly when I was a young adult. At about 42 years…

– Aurelio Porfiri In recent decades, there has been a very big debate about the role of choirs in Catholic liturgy. Some people, even within the ranks of the clergy, assumed that choirs were an impediment to the participation of…

– José Maria C.S. André It is quite simple: “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day” (Jn 6:54). Thanks to an unlikely Pope, these words of…

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In the course of their investigations into the mythical kingdom of Cataio, which they had so far failed to identify, the Jesuits João Cabral and Estevão Cacela would hear of another mysterious kingdom named Xembala,…

Papal Nuncio Archbishop Gabriele Caccia leads the 498th anniversary of the first Mass in Limasawa Island on March 31, 2019. Photo from the Diocese of Maasin (CBCP News) President Rodrigo Duterte has made the first Mass held in the Philippines…

– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas Some years ago the US-based Pew Research Center conducted its “Global Christianity” study, to determine the size and extent of the world’s Christian population. With its research center in Washington, DC in the United States,…

– Anastasios The monk John Damascene lived between the 7th and 8th century. His father was very careful in giving to him and to his adopted brother Cosmas a well rounded education in sacred and profane sciences. John would renounce…

– Rev José Mario O Mandía The word “mission” comes from Latin which means “to send.” When a Person proceeds from another, He is also sent. The Son proceeds from the Father; He is sent by the Father. The Holy…