António dos Santos Last Saturday (June 19), a prayer group from Medjugorje, Macau, organized a celebration gathering in the parish of Our Lady of Fatima – prayer, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, confession, a talk by Father Michael Zhang who…
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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FACED MORE BARRIERS DURING PANDEMIC, ACADEMY SAYS
(CNS) People with disabilities were often overlooked and faced discrimination in various health care policies and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, said the Pontifical Academy for Life.
ANOTHER CATHOLIC PRIEST ARRESTED BY MYANMAR MILITARY
(Vatican News) Myanmar’s military raided a Catholic parish house in the western state of Chin and arrested a priest suspected of supporting a civil resistance group. Father Michael Aung Ling and a boarder student were arrested around 8 am on…
CARDINAL: INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS HYMN HELPED CATHOLICS SURVIVE WAR AND COMMUNISM
(Catholic News Agency) A cardinal has said that the lyrics of the official hymn of this year’s International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest helped Hungary’s Catholics survive war and communism.
POPE AT ANGELUS – “Have faith and never tire seeking the Lord”
(Vatican News) Pope Francis focused his reflections on the Sunday Gospel episode recounting when Jesus calmed the high winds and waves threatening the boat crossing with His disciples. The alarmed disciples awakened Jesus, who was asleep in the stern, to…
POLISH CATHOLIC PRIEST GUILLOTINED BY NAZIS TO BE BEATIFIED IN NOVEMBER
(Catholic News Agency) Fr. Jan Macha will be declared blessed at a Mass on Nov. 20 in the Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice, southern Poland. The Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Vatican Congregation…
POPE AT ANGELUS – “Discover the presence of God in our lives”
(Vatican News) At his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis reminds us to have attentive eyes in order to see how God’s hidden presence is always there and at work in our lives and history.
FRA’ ANDREW BERTIE, GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA – On step two towards sainthood
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent The 1000 year Catholic Order of Malta is designed to, and has been functioning since the beginning, to help the poor and sick in violent conflicts, natural emergencies and in poverty. It is one of the…
“Irish Miracle”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong correspondent Medieval Irish missionaries saved European civilization and education, restoring and widely evangelizing Catholicism for centuries.
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (50)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Francisco Gali, captain of the ship San Juan, took along Alonso Gomez as a pilot and, among his crew, several Portuguese sailors. After getting together, on the high seas, with another ship named San Martin, San…