Category: World

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro It is very likely that James Hilton, author of the novel Lost Horizon, written in 1933, had access to some of the letters sent by the Portuguese Jesuits in the distant first quarter of the…

– Tej Francis tejfrancis@gmail.com Ranchi, India Catholic leaders appeal for help after Jesuit school in India attacked (CNA) Catholics in the Archdiocese of Ranchi have appealed for help after a local Jesuit mission was brutally attacked by a large armed…

– Jasmin Yiu The Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) has invited Msgr Eduardo Chávez PhD, Postulator of the Cause of Canonization of Saint Juan Diego, to present a talk on “The mother who brings the source of life,” explaining…

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro João Cabral also tells us about Xembala, although from a perspective different from Cacela’s. In the letter written at the end of January 1628, in Shigatse, which he would send from there to Europe before…

– Tej Francis tejfrancis@gmail.com Ireland Church recognizes healing at Knock (Independent Catholic News) The Catholic Church in Ireland has officially recognized the healing of a wheelchair-bound woman who completely recovered from MS during a visit to the Shrine of Our…

– Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent Healing the sick has been since the time of Jesus a Catholic act of charity and duty. Who better to reveal how that works is a medical doctor, so lets see behind the skin…

(Agenzia Fides)  “The murder of the Catholic priest highlights the urgency of addressing this embarrassing and persistent conflict. On behalf of the federal government and the entire people of the Country, I offer my condolences to the Catholic community, the…

– Tej Francis tejfrancis@gmail.com Hong Kong, China Why should Catholics care about the Hong Kong protests? A CNA Explainer (CNA) The people of Hong Kong are no strangers to political protest. Large-scale demonstrations have rocked the island territory since early…

– Robaird O’Cearbhaill Hong Kong Correspondent It took long weeks to get a seat on a flight to East Timor. All flights were full of UN, NGO staff, and volunteers flying in for a ballot on independence or autonomy from…

On Aug. 16, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of King Saint Stephen of Hungary, the monarch who led his country to embrace the Christian faith during the 11th century. Before the future saint’s birth in 975, his mother,…