(Vatican News) The United Nations is warning that more than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are now facing famine following months of clashes.
CHURCH ECOLOGICAL CONVERSION – Philippine Dioceses Switching to Renewable Energy (2)
Fr Leonard E Dollentas Catholic Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of the Diocese of San Carlos in Negros Occidental (a 2ndclass component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines) has been at the frontline of a crusade for environmental protection in…
MACAU RICCI INSTITUTE LAUNCHES NEW MEDITATION COURSE – Contemplation as a way to the Risen Lord
Marco Carvalho Celebration, but also exaltation and renewal. The Ignatian Jubilee is being celebrated by the Society of Jesus in many different ways, but the Macau Ricci Institute is focusing on contemplation and spiritual transformation to recall the process of…
Jesuits promote task force to discuss “Laudato Si”
The Society of Jesus has created a new group to discuss and spread the core message of the Encyclical Letter “Laudato Si”. Environmental concerns are one of the four great spiritual orientations that guide the celebrations of the Ignatian Year,…
JULY 16 – LITURGICAL FEAST OF OUR LADY OF CARMEL – In Macau, another year of “confined” celebrations
António dos Santos Today, July 16th, the Church celebrates the liturgical Feast of Our Lady of Carmel. In Macau, the Catholic community held the novena that ended yesterday, as it happens in other years. Our Lady of Carmel church in…
SAINT ROCH – Macau celebrates its protector from the pandemic
The parish of St Lazarus celebrated Saint Roch (S. Roque) last Sunday, 11 July, with a Solemn Mass and a procession. Though the official feast of the saint is on August 16, Macau celebrates it on a different day.
POPE AT ANGELUS – “Healthcare for all is essential service”
(Vatican News) From the balcony of his tenth-floor hospital window, Pope Francis greets crowds gathered below for the Sunday Angelus, broadcast live around the world. He thanks them for their closeness and offers his prayers for those suffering and needing…
World Day of the Elderly
Fausto Gomez OP Throughout the year, the United Nations (UN) has declared a good number of world days. The latest we have celebrated: World Earth Day on April 22, 2021. The Catholic Church, for its part, also celebrates a few…
FR. CEDRIC: “FR. STAN STILL LIVES ON, HE IS A BEACON OF HOPE”
(Vatican News) Indian Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash, a human rights and peace activist, mourns his fellow Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy, who died on July 5 in Mumbai.
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (136) – What does the Letter to the Hebrews reveal to us about the Mass?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org The Letter to the Hebrews is a treasury of information about the Holy Mass. It makes the following key affirmations: 1. Jesus Christ inaugurates a new, far superior Covenant He is the Mediator of a…