Category: World

PHOTO BY: Angela Chong – Angela Chong I was in Hong Kong attending a spiritual retreat organized by the Macau Biblical Association over the past weekend. Prior to that, we had been assigned a few paragraphs in Pope Francis’ Encyclical…

– Danilo Ngo Couples for Christ (CFC) Macau was very glad to host the 5th CFC China Chapter Leaders Training and Council Training at Choc Van Conference Center last October 2018. The China leaders from Manila and different provinces of…

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The climate and the general aspect of the country disappoints me, which I hoped to see more preserved, more authentic in its architecture. After all, the zinc roofs  are here also the predominant feature of…

– Fr Leonard E Dollentas In a decree issued on November 7, 2018, Pope Francis has declared Bishop Alfredo Obviar, a Filipino bishop, Venerable. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) confirmed the decree on Friday November 9, 2018:…

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The previously mentioned “gardens of Rangamati” extend to the foot of the Bhutanese mountain from which flow the waters of the Kaljani, tributary of the Torsha, the great river that is born in Bhutan and…

– Tej Francis XUANHUA, CHINA FOUR UNDERGROUND PRIESTS REPORTEDLY DISAPPEARED IN CHINA’S HEBEI PROVINCE (CNA/EWTN News) Four priests from the underground Catholic Church in China’s Hebei province have been taken into police custody for indoctrination, AsiaNews reported Monday. The publication…

– José Maria C.S. André In the month of October, traditionally consecrated to Our Lady, the Pope issued a book on the Mother of God, in the form of an interview with Marco Pozza (published in Italian by Rizzoli and…

– Aurelio Porfiri When we think about the present difficulties of the Church, we cannot avoid looking at the crisis of priesthood. We know that this goes back for decades. A key moment was certainly Vatican II which was used…

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In his letter, Estêvão Cacela adds that they had waited at Cooch Behar for the entire month of January, as they did not yet know that the companion with whom they planned to travel had…