Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The Macanese merchants had fleets capable of sailing from their city to other Asian commercial ports, having many members of religious orders among them, with the Jesuits being the most active in a trade whose profit…
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MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS FOR LENT 2021 – “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem” (Mt 20:18)
Dear Brothers and Sisters, (Vatican VA) In our Lenten journey towards Easter, let us remember the One who “humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross” (Phil 2:8). During this season of conversion, let us renew…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (30)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Every chronicler guarantees that the kind king and his people left the best of the impressions among the Portuguese visitors, back at sea again.
CARDINAL DOLAN CONDEMNS ‘UGLY AND UNLAWFUL’ DEFACEMENT OF ST PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL
(CNA) Cardinal Timothy Dolan has denounced the defacement of St. Patrick’s Cathedral after protesters affiliated with Black Lives Matter Brooklyn and Justice for George spray painted graffiti on its exterior.
‘A MARTYR WHO DIED LAUGHING’: CAUSE OF PRIEST IMPRISONED BY NAZIS AND COMMUNISTS’ ADVANCES
(CNA) The sainthood cause of a Catholic priest who was imprisoned by both the Nazis and the communists has advanced with the conclusion of the initial diocesan phase of the cause.
HOW THIS CATHOLIC GROUP BROUGHT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TO ARMENIA
(CNA) A Catholic non-profit has surprised hundreds of suffering Armenian families with Christmas presents following the problems of the coronavirus pandemic and the Nagorno-Karabakh war.
COMING THIS 24TH OF JANUARY 2021 – Pope establishes Sunday of the Word of God
(Vatican News) Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter, Motu proprio Aperuit illis, published on 30 September, establishes that “the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time is to be devoted to the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word of God.”
Highly talented, most Catholic, UN head Antonio Guterres
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent We should, as journalists, analyse and critique, and when necessary, praise, the high and mighty. One of the great Catholics of our time – the Secretary General of the United Nations.
LEBANESE MAN’S DECADES OF RESEARCH HELPS GREAT-UNCLE’S SAINTHOOD CAUSE
(CNS) Fares Melki’s first introduction to his great-uncle was when he asked his grandfather about the picture framed above his grandfather’s bed. About 10 years later, Melki bought a book about the Armenian genocide and discovered that it included passages…
POPE OFFICIALLY EXPANDS WOMEN’S ROLES IN CATHOLIC LITURGY – “We need to assume our mission with greater responsibility”
Marco Carvalho A great honor, but also a great responsibility. This is how Maria Lúcia Fonseca, a missionary of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, received the papal decree authorizing women to distribute communion, to serve as acolytes and to read…