– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In his Relation Estevão Cacela does not forget to emphasize the high intellectual capacity of the sovereign, “a man of great knowledge,” who was surrounded by the best monks: religious men from the region and…
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– Tej Francis HONG KONG HONG KONG MASS HELD AFTER HONG KONG PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT (Ucan news) A special Mass was held in Hong Kong after a day of protest turned violent and left two people in serious condition in…
ROMAN AIRWAVES – Tadaaa! Hebdomada Papæ…
– José Maria C.S. André Last Saturday, June 8, Vatican Radio finally began a newscast in Latin. Official documents are written in Latin since many centuries; the liturgical texts of reference are written in Latin; the Pope tweets in Latin;…
SUSANA SANROMÁN – Dazzling international artist rates passion, creating, tenacity and Catholicism for her success
FEATURED IMAGE: Two of Susana Sanromán’s works. Used with permission. – ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL Hong Kong Correspondent London-based, prize winning artist Susana Sanromán has glittered at fairs at the Louvre Museum in Paris, 2015, the 2018 Venice Bienalle. A Spaniard who…
OUR OCEAN PLANET – Protect it, say the experts and Pope Francis
FEATURED IMAGE: Robaird O’Cearbhaill – Robaird O’Cearbhaill Given that Earth is 71% covered by water should we not be saying Ocean planet not the planet Earth. Without oceans, life as we know it, could not live here, and if we…
SACRED MUSIC – Singing of ministers in the Eucharistic celebration (1)
– Aurelio Porfiri When we talk about a topic like that of the singing of ministers in the Eucharistic celebration, we risk seeing this theme in a distorted or incomplete way, as we often focus on how and what the…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (57)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The hermitages scattered around the monastery of Chagri are still occupied by monks who remain there for several months in total silence and without any contact with their peers, not even those who supply them…
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– Tej Francis TALLAHASSEE, FLA ARSON SUSPECTED IN FIRE AT FLORIDA CATHEDRAL (CNA) The co-cathedral of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee was damaged by fire Wednesday, with several of the chairs in the sanctuary set ablaze using an accelerant. The church’s…
ROBERT NĘCEK, TEACHER AT THE PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY OF JOHN PAUL II, IN KRAKOW – Where the people are, so must be the Church
– Marco Carvalho The legacy of John Paul II, especially in what regards the open and frank relationship that the Polish pope managed to maintain with the media during his pontificate, was the highlight of the seminar that Robert Nęcek…
PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE – Message on the occasion of the Buddhist feast of Vesakh/Hanamatsuri 2019
Pope Francis meets some Buddhist monks. (Photo: Osservatore Romano / Aci group) Vesakh is the most important feast for Buddhists: it commemorates the main events in the life of Buddha.