– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The access to the trail is made by an old covered bridge decorated with oratorical flags that cross a river of crystalline and hurried waters. Beside the path, the pilgrim meets two structures. On the…
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– Tej Francis MANILA, PHILIPPINES CARITAS HEAD APPLAUDS PHILIPPINES NEW ANTI-POVERTY MEASURE (CNA) A new law in the Philippines to support those living in poverty has won the praise of Caritas Manila, a Catholic aid agency in the country. “We…
FROM RUBBISH HEAP TO HEAVEN – Darwin Ramos: Garbage Scavenger, Servant of God
Featured Image: Darwin Ramos in 2010, two years before his death. – Fr Leonard E Dollentas On March 29, 2019, the Vatican declared a Filipino teenager, Darwin Ramos, “Servant of God.” The declaration, which was made by the Prefect of…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (55)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro From the testimony given by Estevão Cacela, we can deduce that the Jesuits traveled with Shabdrung to different parts of the kingdom before lodging definitively in Chagri. Father Cacela reminds us that “in these mountains, and…
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Tej Francis NAIROBI, KENYA BISHOPS FROM KENYA, UGANDA, ETHIOPIA CALL FOR DISARMAMENT OF HERDERS Catholic leaders in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia are calling for coordinated and peaceful disarmament in a common border region, where an estimated 8 million illegal small…
CARDINAL ELECTRICIAN TO THE RESCUE – The Pope’s Robin Hood & other stories
FEATURED IMAGE: Vatican News – Carlos M. Frota A close aide to Pope Francis has drawn the ire of Italy’s anti-immigrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini by climbing down a manhole to restore electricity to hundreds of homeless people living in an…
GLOBALIZATION (2) – Respecting every single person
FEATURED IMAGE: Dominique Amendola – Fausto Gomez OP The phenomenon of globalization cannot be denied. It is here to stay – and its economic and technological influence keeps growing by leaps and bounds: “The ever-quickening pace of technological and scientific…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (54)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Sometime between the conclusion of the Punakha monastery and the final retreat of Shabdrung, a new form of communication between the Buthanese authorities and the people was established: inscriptions of public messages in stone. The…
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– Tej Francis WASHINGTON D.C., SALE OF CONSECRATED HOSTS VIOLATES ETSY’S POLICIES, WEBSITE CONFIRMS (CNA) An Etsy representative has clarified that the sale of consecrated hosts for the purpose of desecration is a violation of the e-commerce website’s terms.A petition…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CARRIE GRESS – Toxic femininity
Featured Image: RenataPhotography.com – Aurelio Porfiri One of the great questions of our time is the role of women. We are now looking at the struggle between a certain feminism (not all) and … men. What can be an answer…