Replica of the grotto of Lourdes next to the church in Penha Hill Miguel Augusto (*) Last Monday, February 11, the Catholic community around the world woke up with messages of the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes…
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PORTLAND, OREGON LOVE GOD? LET YOUR MUSIC AIM HIGH, ARCHBISHOP SAMPLE SAYS (CNA/EWTN News) Sacred music has a special role in the Catholic liturgy, and Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland in Oregon has written a pastoral letter reflecting on how…
FRANCIS IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA A singular journey
Vatican News Carlos Frota For many years I feel that there are moments I must revisit time and again. โThis is exceptional! This is unique!โ – I hear myself saying, witnessing those special moments. The Papal visit to Abu…
SEPTEMBER 2018 PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE AND THE PEOPLEโS REPUBLIC OF CHINA – Duties of Chinese Bishops Received into Full Communion
(Zenit) The Vatican Press Office on February 2, 2019, released the following article, which appears in the February 3, 2019, edition of the Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano. On 22 September 2018 in Beijing, the Holy See and the Peopleโs…
ST JOHN BOSCO – To God who gladdens my youth
– Aurelio Porfiri If a Martian landed now from a distant planet on our land, what kind of news would he see about the Catholic Church? Reading the press, one would think that this religious institution is known almost only…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (38)
– Joaquim Magalhรฃes de Castro Dating back to 1953, the Dechencholing Palace, the official residence of the Bhutanese royal family, stands in a place full of history. There was there before a small fortress monastery that in 1641 Shabdrung reconsecrated…
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– Tej Francis ALBANY, NEW YORK โTHIS IS PROGRESSIVE?โ NEW YORK BISHOPS REACT TO NEW ABORTION LAW (CNA) Catholic leaders in New York have spoken out against the passage of an expansive new abortion law in the state. The Reproductive…
CBCP PASTORAL STATEMENT – Conquering Evil with Good
Catholic Bishopsโ Conference of the Philippines โDo not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.โ (Romans 12:21) Our dear People of God, Peace be with you. We are aware that many of you have been wondering why your…
FRANCISโ 68TH VISIT AS BISHOP OF ROME
Upon his return from Panama, the Holy Father made sure to drop by Saint Mary Major to pray before the image of our Lady Salus Populi Romani. On March 14, 2014, the day after he was elected Pope, the Pontiff…
SANGUIS MARTYRUM, SEMEN CHRISTIANORUM – Donโt let Jolo bombing spoil peace process
Greenheart Hermitage (CBCPNews and Agencies) The search for peace in Mindanao should not be derailed by the deadly bombing of a Catholic cathedral in Sulu province, a church official said Monday. Jesuit Archbishop Antonio Ledesma of Cagayan de Oro said…