– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In the same year that the Rutok mission was opened in 1627, Cacela and Cabral left Cooch Biar and soon arrived in Paro, the capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan. In May of that year,…
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VATICAN – Pope’s Message For World Day Of The Sick
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com (Vatican News) “Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened” is the theme of the World Day of the Sick, to be marked on 11 February. In caring for the sick, Pope Francis…
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– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com WASHINGTON AMID YEAR’S VIOLENCE, CATHOLIC LEADERS DECRY SHOOTINGS, URGE POLICY CHANGES (CNA) Amid the multiple mass shootings that took place in the U.S. during 2019, Catholic leaders spoke out against them, urged legislators to make…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (82)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Father António de Andrade will resume the very same route on June 17, 1625, this time accompanied by the confrere Gonçalo de Souza. The destination would be reached on 18 August, and Souza returned to…
POPE AT TE DEUM – God enters the world in the least among us
– Devin Watkins Vatican News Pope Francis close the year 2019 with Evening Prayer and the singing of the Te Deum, and urges us to contemplate the presence of God in those who cry out for our assistance. At the…
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– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com Melbourne, Australia Christmas Eve carolers for Cardinal Pell gathered at Melbourne prison (CNA) A group of local Catholics gathered outside Melbourne prison on Christmas Eve to sing carols for Cardinal George Pell, currently incarcerated in…
THE HOPEFUL JOURNEY TO PEACE – The Path of Reconciliation
– Fausto Gomez OP Since 1968, on the first day of every year, Christians around the world celebrate the World Day of Peace. Pope Paul VI established the yearly celebration on January 1, 1968: “We address ourself to all men of…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (80)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro As early as the 1990s, the Bhutan government had expelled the Nepalese-born Lhotshampa population, which constituted one-fifth of the country’s total population. In the process, they were denied Bhutanese citizenship, making them stateless. Some Lhotshampas…
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– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso bishop: As violence continues, ‘nobody is listening’ (CNA) Following the death of more than a dozen Christians in a church shooting over the weekend, a Burkina Faso bishop said Western…