– Rev José Mario O Mandía Up to this point, we have talked about the divine attributes that our reason is able to discover. God, however, exceeds our reason, and there are important things about Himself that He has to…
POPE TO FILIPINO BISHOPS – Love, pray for persecutors
FEATURED IMAGE: Pope Francis meets with bishops from Luzon at the Vatican on May 20, 2019. VATICAN MEDIA Pope Francis reminded the Philippine bishops that they are called to imitate Christ by loving their enemies and praying for those who…
ST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, SJ (1568-1591)
St Aloysius Gonzaga left his powerful family to become a Jesuit priest and died as a young man caring for plague victims. Aloysius Gonzaga was the firstborn in a powerful Italian noble family, one that was deeply involved in the…
CENTER AND ROOT OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1) – Daily Mass, anyone?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía “Do you also wish to go away?” (John 6:67), Jesus asked the twelve, after many of his listeners “drew back and no longer went about with him” (John 6:66). They had found his words…
CHANCERY NOTICE
CN/11/012/2019 Monsignor Stephen Lee, Bishop of Macau, makes public the following arrangements in the Diocese:
AN IMAGINARY DIALOGUE (2) – Agatha & Frederic
– Carlos Frota Here I am again, friends, to continue my story. And I am very happy in this role I assigned myself to play. Do you know why?
WHAT’S AND WHY’S – Questions children ask priests (I)
– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas In 2007, Professor Michelle Chouinard an assistant professor of psychology at the University of California found that on average, children posed more than 100 questions every hour. Interacting with very young primary school students and…
SÉ CATHEDRAL WELCOMES PAULINE JUBILEE – Daughters of St Paul celebrate 50 years of mission in Macau
– Miguel Augusto The Daughters of St Paul, known as the Pauline Sisters, celebrate the 50th Anniversary of their mission in Macau this month. On the occasion of the Anniversary, they invite the community to join the celebration that will…
ASK THE LITURGIST (30) – Confusion in the liturgy
– Don Enrico Finotti Why so much confusion in the liturgy, despite so much clarity in the documents of the Magisterium? It is necessary first of all to recognize the immense good brought by the liturgical reform where it was…
HUMAN CLONING (2) – Reproductive Cloning
– Fausto Gomez OP Cloning of cells and tissues is a valued biomedical technique, particularly in regenerative medicine, and offers no major ethical problem as long as the general norms of research on human subjects are followed. In this context,…