Fausto Gomez OP Nonviolence literally means no to violence, or negation of violence as a path to social change, justice and peace. It does not mean passive resistance to social evil or withdrawal from the world, but active nonviolence as…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (48)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Much less would be known about the relations between Macau and the Philippines without the impressions registered by the travelers who passed through both these cities. On March 25, 1596 Francesco Carlleti and his father António,…
ANGEL OF PORTUGAL CELEBRATED ON JUNE 10 – God’s messengers in the life of the Church
Antonio dos Santos Devotion to the Guardian Angel is very old in Portugal. It gained a special place with the Apparitions of the Angel, in Fátima, to the Little Shepherds. Messengers of God, at decisive moments in the History of…
FRANCE TO MARK 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF ANTI-RELIGIOUS PARIS COMMUNE
Tej Francis (Catholic News Service) On Paris’ Rue Haxo, a white-brick church commemorates dozens of Catholic clergy who fell victim to one of modern Europe’s bloodiest uprisings. Its 150th anniversary will be marked in the last week of May with…
FOUR CATHOLICS KILLED IN MILITARY ATTACK ON MYANMAR CHURCH
(Vatican News) Myanmar’s military on Monday fired artillery shells at a Catholic Church in eastern Myanmar, killing four civilians sheltering there. Sacred Heart Church in Kayanthayar Parish near Loikaw, the capital city of Kayah state, a Catholic area was the…
Cardinal Newman Center presents screening of Souls
In celebration of 2021 World Day of Social Communications, the Associação Diocesana das Artes Performativas e Culturais de Macau (ADAPEC), the Centro Diocesano dos Meios de Comunicação Social (CDMCS) and the Centro de Cultura e Artes Performativas Cardeal Newman de…
BLACK CATHOLICS SEE CONTINUED PROGRESS ON THE ROAD TO CANONIZATION FOR ‘SAINTLY SIX’
(National Catholic Register) Thirty-three years after Venerable Henriette DeLille’s cause was opened, an alleged miracle is now in the hands of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican, putting this holy heroine of New Orleans close to…
How Are Bishops Selected?
Fr Leonard E Dollentas When Jesuit Fr Stephen Chow Sau-yan received his appointment as the new bishop of Hong Kong, he was shocked, and initially, he refused. Like Fr Chow, most bishops appointed are caught by surprise when chosen because…
AUTHORITIES ALARMED BY FALLING POPULATION – China announces “three-child era”
Marco Carvalho China has decided on Monday to increase the limit of children per couple from two to three, an announcement that aims to halt the demographic free fall the world’s most populous nation has been experiencing. The measure rectifies…
Thirty days of roses for our Mother
Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat When I was seven, my mother taught me how to pray the rosary and I was motivated as I witnessed her and my aunt praying at least seven sets in a day. As a young child, I…