Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The goods transported on the Macanese merchant’s vessels were predominantly gold, ivory and slaves, African or Asian, this fact referenced not only in Goa, Macau and Manila, but also in China and Japan. Most of these…
GUN SHOTS, FEAR, PRAYER AND FORGIVENESS
(Vatican News) Forty years ago, the assassination attempt on John Paul II took place in Saint Peter’s Square. A video with commentary by André Frossard recalls those shocking events, together with the disarming power of mercy and forgiveness.
THE REAL “SECRET” OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA – Our weapons: prayer, penance, apostolate
Ross Belle Santos-Balatbat This year, the 104th year of the apparition of the Virgin Mary was celebrated on 13 May with the intention “For the peace of the world and for the end of COVID-19 Pandemic.”
POPE FRANCIS ON MYANMAR – “May God convert all hearts to peace.”
(Vatican News) Pope Francis presides over a special Mass for Myanmar Catholics living in Rome and joins them in prayers for peace. As an expression of the Church’s closeness to the suffering people of Myanmar, Pope Francis joined Burmese Catholics…
CLARETIANS UNVEIL THEIR FIRST SHORT FILM – Music and hope against adversity
Marco Carvalho “An extraordinary response to an extraordinary situation.” This is how Father Jijo Kandamkhulaty, director of the Macau subsidiary of the Claretian Publications, describes the first short film entirely conceived and produced by the Delegation of the Claretian Missionaries…
Our Lady of Fatima’s Motherly Words to the Suffering
Fr Leonard E Dollentas Many devotees of Our Lady of Fatima in Macau were disappointed when hopes for holding the annual procession dimmed. Although the COVID-19 situation is improving in some parts of the globe, it is worsening in other…
RICCI INSTITUTE SYMPOSIUM: SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION IN TIMES OF CRISIS – One whole year to celebrate Ignatian spirituality
Marco Carvalho The members of the Society of Jesus in Macau observed yesterday the opening of the Ignatian Year with the celebration of a Solemn Mass in Saint Joseph’s Church. The Ignatian Year commemorates the 500th anniversary of the battle…
HONG KONG BISHOP-ELECT FATHER STEPHEN CHOW, SJ – Prudence and knowledge to decide well
Pope Francis has appointed Father Stephen Chow Sau-yan, SJ, currently provincial of the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus and supervisor of Wah Yan College (Hong Kong and Kowloon), as Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong. The announcement…
IN GAZA, TINY CATHOLIC COMMUNITY TRIES TO STAY IN TOUCH DURING AIRSTRIKES
(Catholic News Service) Since early May 11, Israeli bombs have been falling around the Rosary Sisters school in Gaza, which sustained light to moderate damage inside and outside the compound — including to the front door and solar panels used…
MYANMAR CATHOLIC NUN SAYS EUCHARISTIC ADORATION GAVE HER STRENGTH TO KNEEL BEFORE POLICE
(CNA) The image of Sr. Ann Rose Nu Tawng kneeling before police urging them not to use violence against protesters captured the world’s attention after Burma’s military coup.