Fr Leonard Dollentas Young people today – and indeed every person when they reflect on life – may ask “Can a person truly give themselves to God? Is it possible to be faithful to a vocation in Jesus Christ forever?”…
BISHOPS JOIN ECUMENICAL CALL FOR END TO VIOLENCE
(Independent Catholic News) Bishop Declan Lang and Bishop Philip Egan have added their voices to an ecumenical statement calling on the UK government and the international community to respond, robustly, to the violence in Cameroon.
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (19)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Let’s get back to the 16th century Cebu, this time to watch the arrival, from the jungles of Borneo, of a mountain warrior, Lapu-Lapu is his name, whom Rajah Humabon – probably afraid of competition –…
RUSSIA’S CATHOLIC CHURCH WARNS AGAINST PROPOSED CURBS ON CLERGY
(CNS) Catholic Church officials in Russia criticized planned religious law changes that will require all clergy who studied abroad to retrain in a Russian college.
Chancery Notice
CN/27/030/2020 Chancery Notice Bishop Stephen LEE has made public the following change of assignment, effective from 15th October 2020: Rev. James CHANG Woo Ho, BMC, will return to his home country by the arrangement of his own Religious Superior and…
SALESIANS RAISE 8 MILLION EUROS FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY PANDEMIC
(CNA) The head of the Salesians announced that the order has raised nearly 8 million euros to help thousands of families worldwide who have been financially affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
TREASURES OF SACRED MUSIC – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Gregorian chant) Aurelio Porfiri Among the Marian antiphons that were and are still performed at the end of Mass or during the Marian months, certainly the Salve Regina and Regina Coeli would win in popularity. Nevertheless, the…
JOHN WALSH – “Faith helps keep me in a reasonably positive attitude to other people”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent At an early age John Walsh was adventurous. He still is, despite having lived in very dangerous situations, but with rewarding experiences. He has lived a rich varied life. As he told O Clarim, even now…
The silliness of the Purgatory being a medieval “invention”
Corrado Gnerre My daughter attended the first class in high school. She told me that her Italian teacher, explaining Dante, spoke of Purgatory as an “invention” of the medieval Church. My daughter tried to object, but the same was written…
Everyone is sent
Fausto Gomez, OP For Christians, the month of October of every year is the Extraordinary Missionary Month, centered on the celebration of Mission Sunday: the third Sunday.