Category: World

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Aurelio Porfiri In our past articles, often was remarked how the Church media landscape today is marked by strong divisions. These division of course were not born in the last five years, but maybe in this period they became stronger.…

Tej Francis USA TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RELEASES NEW RULE TO STOP TITLE X FUNDING FOR ABORTION PROVIDERS (www.pop.org) The Trump administration yesterday released a much-anticipated rule proposal to block federal Title X family planning grants from funding abortion clinics and service…

Fr Leonard E. Dollentas The growing awareness that it is urgently necessary to sustainably manage our planet’s resources and ecosystems probably first reached the general public at the beginning of 20th century. In 1971, in the Apostolic Letter of Pope…