– Marco Carvalho in Nagasaki The visit lasted less than a day, but it was in Nagasaki that the Pope issued the most important pleas he made in his sojourn in Japan. At the Peace Park, a few meters away…
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KAZUO MIYATA, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE TWENTY-SIX MARTYRS MUSEUM – I hope this papal visit can be a warning sign for the Japanese Catholics
– Marco Carvalho in Nagasaki A city of martyrs and martyrdom, Nagasaki still remains for many at the heart of Japanese Catholicism. The city welcomed Pope Francis on Sunday, with the Supreme Pontiff making a strong appeal for nuclear disarmament…
FILIPINO MIGRANTS ON PILGRIMAGE TO TOKYO TO SEE THE HOLY FATHER – Pope denounces obsession with profit and competitiveness at Mass for 50,000
Marco Carvalho – Marco Carvalho, in Tokyo Pope Francis presided at an Eucharistic celebration for more than 50,000 people in Tokyo last Monday. In his homily, the Pope called for collaboration between religions, so that the defense of “all lives”…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (78)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In an interview with Asia Focus magazine in 1993 (two years before his death), Father Mackey said that his mission was to “witness to the Catholic Faith without proclaiming it; to bear witness to Christ…
500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAITH IN THE PHILIPPINES (6) – The Philippine Church during the American Colonial Period
CICM Fathers. Used with permission. – Fr Leonard E. Dollentas In the previous article, we traced the gradual struggle of the Philippine Church towards having its own local bishops and native clergy to lead the parishes. In 1919 Maximum Illud…
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– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com El Paso, Texas Blessed Sacrament stolen from Texas Catholic parish (CNA) The pastor of a Catholic parish in El Paso, Texas is calling for prayer and reparation after a tabernacle containing the Eucharist was stolen…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (77)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro As we have already said, the attempt to convert the Bhutanese was unsuccessful, and Fathers João Cabral and Estevao Cacela must have felt very frustrated, because they had labored a great deal. Only centuries later,…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL DE WEYER, CEO AND FOUNDER OF CRYPTOWORLD LIMITED HONG KONG – My character was formed in childhood, along with the Ten Commandments
– ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL With decades of senior executive experience in international banking, now in fintech, crypto, investment and board governance, Daniel De Weyer, believes in reflection and positivity. His Catholic childhood largely made him what he is today, and what…
VATICAN CITY – Remember the final judgement, Pope Francis says at Mass for recently deceased bishops
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com (CNA) Pope Francis urged Catholics to meditate on the final judgement at a Mass offered Monday for the souls of cardinals and bishops who died within the past year. “Saint Ignatius suggests, before making an…