Category: World

Joaquim Magalhães de Castro   The Christians remained in Rangamati for about a hundred years. The condition of soldiers forced them to remain stationed in that region ready to participate in the Mughal military campaigns in neighboring Assam. This is…

On the occasion of the canonization of Blessed Paul VI and Blessed Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the Dicastery for Communication, in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, and SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication), is organizing an International Conference…

Aurelio Porfiri   Professor Guido Vignelli, an Italian scholar of ethics, political philosophy and social doctrine of the Catholic Church has devoted to Saint Francis a book called San Francesco Antimoderno (2010, Fede & Cultura). He is now working on…

The title “Our Lady of Loreto” is associated with the Holy House of Loreto in Italy, the house of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, miraculously transported by the angels from Palestine to Europe. The house of the…

(Vatican News) In a “Message to Catholics of China and to the Universal Church,” Pope Francis explains the reasons for signing the Provisional Agreement with the People’s Republic of China: to promote the proclamation of the Gospel, and to establish…

USA CATHOLIC ABUSE CRISIS IS LIKELY NO ACCIDENT, BUT A STRATEGY TO ‘DESTROY CHURCH FROM WITHIN’   (LifeSiteNews) The shocking accusation by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò that Pope Francis helped cover up sexual misconduct — an accusation the Pope has…

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro By the turn of the 17th century, numerous references to a Christian community of considerable size, certainly of “Firingi” origin, appeared in Rangamati on the banks of Brahmaputra. A text dating from 1682 and written…

– Tej Francis STRASBOURG, FRANCE MYSTIC AND RELIGIOUS FOUNDER MOTHER ALPHONSE MARIE BEATIFIED IN STRASBOURG, FRANCE (CNA) A personal encounter with Mother Alphonse Marie Eppinger inspired “conversions which were far more miraculous than the raising of the dead,” recounted her…

As is usual, as we approach the Feast of St Francis of Assisi (4 October), the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady offer to the readers of this magazine a reflection on some excerpts related to his life. We remember…

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The presence of European mercenaries among the hosts of the Asian armies has a long history. Already at the time of Vasco da Gama’s historic voyage to India in 1498, the existence of Italian military…