Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The unsuspected Diogo do Couto also looked at the historical trip to Cebu for a long time, and his account, inserted in his Decada Oitava da Asia, is, many times, coincident with that of the anonymous…
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POPE TO EUROPEAN FORUM: “Ecological conversion of economy needed for better future”
The Forum of the European House-Ambrosetti is an annual event that brings together Heads of State and government, representatives of European institutions and business leaders to discuss issues of major importance for the economy and society.
POPE AT ANGELUS – “Christians called to serve God and neighbour as Jesus”
At the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis says “taking up the Cross” means imitating Jesus by expending our life in service to God and neighbour. In Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus speaks to His disciples about the mystery of His Passion, Death,…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (14)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro An anonymous chronicler, certainly a member of the expedition, says that on his first attempt to reach Cebu, Gonçalo Marramaque had lost himself in that rosary of islands and was forced to return to the Moluccas,…
Republican convention night three: God, country, and Notre Dame
(CNA) The third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention featured a Catholic religious sister and a Chinese human rights lawyer and activist endorsing President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.
FIRST RUSSIAN CATHOLIC BISHOP APPOINTED SINCE FALL OF COMMUNISM
(Catholic Herald) Fr Nicolai Dubinin has become the first Russian to be appointed a Catholic bishop since the fall of communism. Last Thursday, Pope Francis appointed the 47-year-old Conventual Franciscan as auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow…
MISSIONS FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD Saint Lazarus Island (1): Ferdinand Magellan
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro A few months before the beginning of the celebrations that mark the 500th anniversary of the circumnavigation trip carried out by Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães is his real name, and I will use it from…
TAKING POPE FRANCIS’ CHALLENGE
Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent Two individuals at opposite ends of the age range are Covid solvers. A 100 year-old man raised MOP 280 million (32 million in British sterling) charity walking to support UK health service workers. The other…
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JERUSALEM An Arab doctor and an ultra-Orthodox Jew find common ground in a covid ward (Washington Post) When Jesse Michael Kramer was hospitalized with the coronavirus, he realized as soon as the doctor in the spacesuit introduced himself that it…
TO TELL THE TALE OF GOD’S LOVE DOWN THE AGES (15)
Sr Judith Yuen, FMM Since my mother asked the superior in Hong Kong to send me back to her, the pre-novice mistress sensed that I needed to go back home. She asked me if I could find a job easily.…