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GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (8)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In Dhaka, traffic is hellish, a crazy mixture of pedal rickshaws and motorized ones. And many pedestrians, in a frantic search of space to be able to move on. There are also camouflaged military men…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DR EDMONDO LUPIERI – The Mary Magdalene “mystery” (1)
Aurelio Porfiri Not long ago, I have received a very interesting book by Carocci, an Italian publisher. The book is called Una sposa per Gesù. Maria Maddalena fra antichità e postmoderno. Being part of the generation that was under…
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN LAW MANDATES REPORTING ABUSE ADMISSIONS MADE IN CONFESSIONAL (Catholic News Service) Laws requiring Catholic priests to break the seal of confession in some cases passed the Australian Capital Territory’s Legislative Assembly in Canberra June 7. The…
POPE ON CORPUS CHRISTI – Only the Eucharist satisfies hearts
Associated Press Hannah Brockhaus (CNA/EWTN News) – Only the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, the food of life, can satisfy the hunger of hearts for love, a universal experience, Pope Francis said during Mass Sunday for the Solemnity of…
POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS APOSTOLIC VISITOR TO THE PARISH OF MEDJUGORJE – A journey from grace to grace
Miguel Augusto (*) On Thursday, May 31, the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Henryk Hoser S.A. – archbishop emeritus of Warsaw-Prague (Poland) – Apostolic Visitor of a special character for the parish of Medjugorje, for an indefinite period and ad nutum…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SYD GOLDSMITH – “Hong Kong on the brink”
Aurelio Porfiri There are several scholars and witnesses that have reflected on the recent turbulent past of China, including the one of Hong Kong and Macau. The 20th century was an age of great transformation in Chinese society and there…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (7)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Despite religious differences, relations between the Portuguese missionaries and the Muslim community, which had great respect for them, were almost always cordial. Such was the case with Father Simão Figueiredo, who had lived there for decades,…
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ISRAEL “THE OTHER VOICE” REACHES OUT TO GAZAN PALESTINIANS (Al-Bushra) “The Other Voice” is a grassroots movement founded by Israelis living in the town of Sderot and other locations near to the Gaza Strip border. The aim of “The…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (6)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro To my surprise I notice that in Hugli there is someone aware of some of the aspects connected with the saga of the Jesuits João Cabral and Estevão Cacela. This is the case of local parish…