Danilo Perez Ngo The English community of Se Cathedral gathered for the healing prayer through the intercession of Padre Pio at the St Dominic’s Church in the peninsular part of Macau at the Largo de São Domingos, situated near the…
PASTORAL LETTER ON THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SUPER TYPHOON YOLANDA – “He calms the storm”
Beloved People of God: Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ! It has been seven years since Super Typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda came our way. Despite the pandemic we are going through, we still have fresh memories of the…
São Domingos Church, vibrant once again
Rev Leonard Dollentas On Sunday, November 1, the church of São Domingos, to the surprise of passers-by, was suddenly packed with Mass goers. The resounding sound of the Gloria being sung by the choir echoed down the alleys of Leal Senado. São…
POPE ASSURES CLOSENESS TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE – ‘Time to Eradicate This Evil’
Deborah Castellano Lubov (Zenit) A day after the Vatican’s report on ex-Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Pope Francis has expressed his closeness to all victims of sexual abuse.
PHILIPPINE CHURCHES OPEN DOORS TO TYPHOON EVACUEES
(Catholic News Service) Churches in the Philippines opened their doors to offer shelter to some of the hundreds of thousands of people who fled their homes to avoid the wrath of Super Typhoon Goni that struck the Bicol region in…
PATIENCE AND THE PRIESTHOOD: A VOCATION 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING
(CNA) On average, diocesan priests take about six years to complete seminary formation. For Dominican priests, it is seven. Jesuits study for over a decade. David Pinto, however, has them all beat. Pinto was ordained a deacon in June this…
PORTLAND RIOTERS DAMAGE CATHOLIC CHURCH KNOWN FOR OUTREACH TO THE POOR
(CNA) A Catholic church in downtown Portland, Oregon – known for helping the area’s poor – suffered shattered windows during a riot Wednesday night that saw nearly a dozen protestors arrested.
MUSICOLOGIST FLORA CHAN – Macanese is an important part of Macau’s history
Jasmin Yiu The Cardinal Newman Cultural and Art Performance Centre (CCCM) will officially open on December 5. Before the grand opening, CCCM will organize a series of activities for the public, the first one will be a talk entitled “Knowing…
We are live!
Aurelio Porfiri Let us reflect: only a few decades ago, if we say that we are live (we would say “alive,” but let us accept this little grammatical mistake) we would think that we are affirming our own existence. But…
The Last Things
Aurelio Porfiri In the month of November, we normally ponder over our final destiny, the destiny that no one can escape: death. For Christians, this final destiny is the beginning of eternal life, but a life that will depend upon…