Anastasios The minor basilica of San Bartolomeo all’isola is a kind of singular church in Rome, for reasons that will soon be quite clear. The first reason is in the name, “in the island,” because the church is in the…
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New Apostolic Letter highlights St Jerome’s love of Scripture
(Vatican News) Pope Francis has written an Apostolic Letter for the 1600th anniversary of the death of Saint Jerome the “great doctor and father of the Church, who put the Bible at the centre of his life.”
BISHOPS JOIN ECUMENICAL CALL FOR END TO VIOLENCE
(Independent Catholic News) Bishop Declan Lang and Bishop Philip Egan have added their voices to an ecumenical statement calling on the UK government and the international community to respond, robustly, to the violence in Cameroon.
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (19)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Let’s get back to the 16th century Cebu, this time to watch the arrival, from the jungles of Borneo, of a mountain warrior, Lapu-Lapu is his name, whom Rajah Humabon – probably afraid of competition –…
RUSSIA’S CATHOLIC CHURCH WARNS AGAINST PROPOSED CURBS ON CLERGY
(CNS) Catholic Church officials in Russia criticized planned religious law changes that will require all clergy who studied abroad to retrain in a Russian college.
SALESIANS RAISE 8 MILLION EUROS FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY PANDEMIC
(CNA) The head of the Salesians announced that the order has raised nearly 8 million euros to help thousands of families worldwide who have been financially affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
JOHN WALSH – “Faith helps keep me in a reasonably positive attitude to other people”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent At an early age John Walsh was adventurous. He still is, despite having lived in very dangerous situations, but with rewarding experiences. He has lived a rich varied life. As he told O Clarim, even now…
Let us return to the Eucharist with joy!
BACK TO CHURCH, WITH PROPER SAFETY PROTOCOLSLet us return to the Eucharist with joy! Cardinal Robert Sarah Letter on the celebration of the liturgy during and after the COVID 19 pandemic to the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of the…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – St Lazarus Island (18)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro A few years ago, a Filipino researcher visiting Portugal said that the inhabitants of Cebu associate all foreigners with the Portuguese, “even if they are Austrians.” I did not stay long enough in that city to…
You did what? (5)
Danilo Perez Ngo SFC: You kept mentioning Pope Francis, Father, and there is this one line, that Pope Francis said, “There is no sin that God cannot forgive.” In my mind, I thought