– Sr Judith Yuen, fmm I spent the honeymoon period in the pre-novitiate with peace of mind and joy in my heart, learning to adapt to religious life with its strictly organized timetable and ways (nearly 50 years ago, still…
SACRO CUORE DI GESU’ A CASTRO PRETORIO – San Giovanni Bosco’s courage
– Anastasios One of the most interesting things about certain churches in Rome is that they were built on sites where there was a preexisting pagan temple or a building from the Roman empire. So, there is the idea of…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DAVID ARMSTRONG, CATHOLIC, FORMER SCMP EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – You are only as good as the team
– ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL Hong Kong Correspondent David Armstrong has had a glittering life. Twice former editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post: in the 1990s and 2000s, he had an extraordinary newspaper rise in Australia by fortune, talent and hard…
IN THE ITALIAN FRONT – A price to pay
– Aurelio Porfiri I think I know what is the safest place to stay in a time when Italy, my country, is facing a surge in the coronavirus epidemic: in a restaurant. Yes, this is my experience and I want…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (91)
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– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com VATICAN CITY Preventing pandemic: Vatican moves to stop spread of corona virus (CNS) The month of March is usually when tourists flock to the Eternal City after the cold winter months and pilgrims come…
LENT 2020: A SPECIAL “QUARANTINE”
– Carlos M. Frota Lent. Quarantine. Before developing any further my ideas, I’d like to make clear that my purpose here is NOT to give voice to the usual prophets of disgrace who particularly enjoy times of public distress to…
EVENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEKEND – GELMac cancels Spring Camp
– Marco Carvalho One initiative canceled and three others on the tightrope. The new coronavirus outbreak has forced the Lusophone Scout Group of Macau (GELMac) to cancel one of the main events of the year, but the spring camp is…
CATHEDRAL CHURCH REOPENED ITS DOOR LAST MONDAY – The Christian experience is strengthened by contagion
– Marco Carvalho To live by faith, but with great caution. The new coronavirus outbreak is forcing both priests and faithful to relearn how they exercise their beliefs and how they experience the Catholic rituals. About half a hundred faithful…
WYD MESSAGE 2020 – “Young man, I say to you, arise!”
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com (VATICAN NEWS) It’s two years until the next World Youth Day, which will take place in the city of Lisbon in 2022 and in that intervening time, Pope Francis is inviting young people to reflect…