– Carlos M. Frota I cannot avoid being seduced, intellectually speaking, by the profound changes in the very fabric of our societies, by the coronavirus and its impact on human behavior and social relations. They are already under way and…
SAN GIOVANNI BOSCO – Salesians in the land of movies
– Anastasios If you like movies, and we all like it in one way or another, you will be certainly familiar with Hollywood, if we talk about the United States, and with Cinecittà, if we talk about Italy (and Europe).…
ALONG ROME’S DESERTED STREETS
– José Maria C. S. André The image has the power of an epic film: Francis walking through the deserted streets of Rome, praying for the city and the world (see an excerpt at https://youtu.be/Wgl11MSEVys). The city remains deserted and…
ANOTHER LIFE
– Aurelio Porfiri I think that it is very useful, in these strange days that we are living in, to go back and trace the evolution from a certain moment to where we are now. Because I think that these…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (93)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The success of the Mughal attack on Hugli was only a matter of time. Nevertheless, the Portuguese, despite their heavy losses, kept a final card in their sleeves. The close and continuous bombardments of the…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis< Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com WASHINGTON LENT IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS: MORE PRAYER AND UNEXPECTED PENANCE (CNS) Parish fish fries, prayer services, Stations of the Cross, and daily and Sunday Masses are all canceled, and some dioceses have already…
HOLY COMMUNION ON SUNDAY RESUMES, AFTER NEARLY TWO MONTHS – We can renew our zeal for the Eucharist in this Lent
– Jasmin Yiu For the spiritual benefit of the faithful, and in cooperation with the community’s ongoing infection prevention measures, the Catholic Diocese of Macau announced measures and arrangements for receiving the Holy Communion after live Sunday Mass broadcast (see…
STEPHEN MORGAN, DESIGNATED RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH – You can’t artificially make people trust you”
– Marco Carvalho The eight years that Father Peter Stilwell devoted to the leadership of the University of Saint Joseph have steered the higher education institution to a path of stability, but there are still doors to be opened, Stephen…
AS ITALY TAKES LEAD IN CORONAVIRUS DEATHS – Pope joins nationwide rosary
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com (Crux) On the same day Italy surpassed China in the number of fatalities related to the COVID-19 coronavirus, Pope Francis joined the Italian bishops in calling for a nationwide rosary to pray for an end…
Chancery Notice
CN/11/011/2020 Chancery Notice Special Arrangements for Parish Liturgies from 22nd March through to Holy Week and Easter For the spiritual benefit of the faithful, and in cooperation with the community’s ongoing infection prevention measures, the Diocese is implementing the following,…