Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The voyage of the Jesuits to the reign of the Cocho was made by the Brahmaputra, or by some of its tributaries, upstream, it is presumed, in a vessel of considerable size. The priests took…
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Japan’s 5th Annual March for Life
Japan’s 5th Annual March for Life was the nation’s largest yet, with well over 200 participants walking peacefully through Tokyo’s city center, holding pro-life signs and singing hymns and songs in many different languages. The event is held to raise…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (75) – Manila, Philippines
The events in the Philippines began in February, 1986, as the virtual twenty-year dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos came to an abrupt and unexpected end through a series of strange events. The rigged election results were blatant and obvious to everyone,…
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CEBU, PHILIPPINES GUNMAN SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE AT FILIPINO ARCHBISHOP’S RESIDENCE (CNA/EWTN News) A gunman was fatally shot by police after he forced his way into the residence of Archbishop Jose Palma of Cebu on Tuesday morning and…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (12)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro On the banks of the Buriganga river there are myriads of small boats, true water taxis, maneuvered by a single man. With one of his hands he moves the oar attached to the rail, and…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SINOLOGIST PAOLO SANTANGELO – Exploring the Chinese psyche
– Aurelio Porfiri Italy has devoted great energies to studying China. That is not by chance, if we consider our long history of contact with the Chinese world, that goes back much earlier than Matteo Ricci and the Jesuits. Paolo…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (74) – Montichiari, Italy
The Blessed Mother appeared under the title of “Rosa Mystica” (Mystical Rose) at Montichiari in Northern Italy to Pierina Gilli. The purpose of this devotion was the reform of the religious and religious institutions. During the sixth apparition, Our Blessed…
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– Tej Francis VATICAN CITY VATICAN ISSUES NEW DOCUMENT ON VOCATION OF CONSECRATED VIRGINS (Catholic News Service) The Vatican has released a document that establishes norms and principles for women who dedicate their lives as consecrated virgins and their place…
BILL FACES ROUGH SAILING – Will divorce be finally legalized in the Philippines?
– Fr Leonard E Dollentas For more than 20 years, the divorce bill in the Philippines has repeatedly been proposed and discussed by the Philippine Congress, with no success. It has always been intensely opposed by the Catholic Church and…
HUMANAE VITAE FIFTY YEARS HENCE (2) – Reactions
– Fausto Gomez OP As soon as the encyclical on the regulation of birth was issued by Pope Paul VI on July 25, 1968， contrary reactions from “liberal” priests and theologians in favor of contraception appeared in magazines and journals.…