– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP I. THE MYSTERY OF THE PASSION OF CHRIST Lent is the journey of penance to Holy Week, to the celebration of the great mystery of our faith. Pope Francis tells us in his Lenten Message (2020)…
SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE – We consecrate Venice to Your Immaculate Heart
– Maria Kwak* Luigi Brugnaro, Mayor of Venice since 2015, consecrated Venice to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the Basilica of Our Lady of Health (Italian: Santa Maria della Salute) on March 13. Attired with his tricolor sash representing…
COVID19 and the Filipino Community in Macau
– Fr Leonard Dollentas The latest figure of persons in the Philippines who have tested positive for COVID-19 has soared to 552 (as of 25 March). The country’s Department of Health or DOH has also reported that 33 patients with…
HUGS, KISSES… NAMASTE!
– 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…