Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The chroniclers Castanheda, Couto and João Baptista Lavanha would literally dissect the mission of the envoy Francisco de Castro.
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From the best in us – a personal testimony
Carlos M. Frota The year 2020 is approaching the end and we don’t want to look back! Isn’t it true? Exceptional year, this one! For one and half years not visiting children and grandchildren in Europe, summer time avoiding to…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (28)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The time has come for us to mention the name of António Galvão, captain of Ternate and “Apostle of the Moluccas,” given his fervor in the evangelization of the geographical space of what is now Indonesia…
Migrants played “crucial role” during Covid and are “champions of resilience”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent The United Nations-backed International Migrants Day every December 18, on its 21st this year, broadcast the theme “Reimagining Human Mobility” and underlined how “migrants play a critical role in the front lines of our fight against…
COLOMBIAN BISHOP DECRIES DESECRATION OF CATHOLIC CHURCH
(VATICAN NEWS) On the night of 12th December, a group of unidentified vandals entered the Church of Our Lady of Valvanera, in the city of Pitalito, in the southeastern part of Colombia.
Christmas to be annually recognised as a public holiday in Iraq
(Vatican News) Christmas in officially recognised as an official, annual holiday in Iraq, just months before Pope Francis is due to visit the country on his Apostolic Journey.
Vatican permits priests to say up to four Masses on Christmas Day
(CNA) The Vatican’s liturgy congregation will permit priests to say up to four Masses on Christmas Day, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God on Jan. 1, and Epiphany to accommodate more worshipers amid the pandemic.
Funeral Mass for 640 unborn children is held in Poland
(CNA) A Catholic bishop presided Saturday at a funeral Mass for 640 unborn children in Poland.
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (25)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro We are still in the Ulithi atoll… The pilot Bernardo de Egui, mentioned in last week’s chronicle, assures us that the men of the six canoes who came to the ship Santo Domingo had long beards,…
MERCY SISTER BETTY CAMPBELL AND CARMELITE FATHER PETER HINDE
(Ucan News) Carmelite Father Peter Hinde and Mercy Sister Betty Campbell often share an anecdote when receiving foreign visitors at Casa Tabor, the home in a modest Ciudad Juarez neighborhood near the US border where they’ve lived, worked and welcomed…