At 11 am local time, the 16th of July 2018, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Tamatsukuri Church) in Japan, Fr Josep Maria Abella Batlle, CMF and Fr. Paul Toshihiro Sakai of the Opus…
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FRANCE, A VOCATIONAL DESERT
– Aldo Maria Valli In France the crisis of vocations is becoming increasingly evident. According to data provided by La Croix, the new ordinations for this year are 114, compared to 133 in 2017. Eighty-two of the new priests are…
HUMANAE VITAE FIFTY YEARS HENCE (3) – From Paul to Francis
FAUSTO GOMEZ OP I read once more Blessed Paul VI Encyclical Letter Humane Vitae (1968) in June 2018. Thereafter, I re-visited its doctrinal development through its fifty years of existence. Clearly, the Magisterium of the Church re-reads, interprets, renews and…
BEAUTY THAT UPLIFTS – In what sense is sacred music pastoral?
Aurelio Porfiri I used to read, many years ago, an American magazine called Pastoral Music, published by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM). In recent years, mulled over this theme of the pastoral value of music, of how…
CROATIAN COACH WALKS WITH THE ROSARY – Zlatko Dalić, a man of faith
Miguel Augusto (*) Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić, who led the national team to the World Cup finals in Russia, is a man of faith. Zlatko Dalić was the first coach of Croatia to reach a final of the most…
CROATIAN CURRENCY WITH IMAGE OF UNBORN CONQUER SOCIAL NETWORKS – Croatia shines for noble cause
Miguel Agusto Croatia is an international sensation at this moment, with the historic accomplishment achieved by the country in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In recent days, the people of the Catholic Croatia have created another social media favorite:…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (13)
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…
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…