– Miguel Augusto On Ash Wednesday last February 27, during the celebration of the Mass that marks the beginning of this liturgical period, the faithful received the imposition of the ashes. The meaning of this gesture is to remind us…
IN RESPONSE TO A READER – Questions about Lent
– Don Enrico Finotti The time of Lent is a penitential time and the Church, in her liturgy, expresses this character through eloquent and ancient signs, which immediately recall to the Christian people the mystery of this liturgical time: 1.…
EXAMPLES FOR THE CHURCH AND WORLD – Female followers inspired generations
– Miguel Augusto (*) International Women’s Day was celebrated on 8 March. We joined in that homage last Friday and today we briefly exalt the indispensable mission of women in society, especially in the Church, in the light of holy…
OLD REMEDIES FOR NEW PROBLEMS – The (Christian)ย Identity of Nations
– Carlos M Frota Europeans are living in troubled times, as we all know. Countries are feeling unsafe, old political elites are perplexed, social movements areย pushing for new forms of participationย in theย political arena, and young ideologues are…
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AT THE SERVICE OF SOCIETY (4) – Parentsโ role in Catholic Schools
Kevin and Bridget Murphy pray with their nine children (from the Catholic Messenger, Davenport, Iowa) – Fr Leonard E Dollentas An eleven-year-old boy was failing in math. His parents tried the best tutors in town to teach him but to…
CHURCH FATHERS (47) – Saint Isidore Of Pelusium
– Anastasios This saint is not well known as other Church Fathers, so it will be good to say a few things about his life. He was born in Alexandria around 370. He gave away everything he had to the…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH EUGENIO CAPOZZI – A new gnosis: the โpolitically correctโ
– Aurelio Porfiri There is a book by a well known Italian scholar, Eugenio Capozzi, called Politicamente corretto. Storia di un’ideologia (Politically correct. History of an ideology, Marsilio 2018) that is really worth reading – a book that takes us…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (44)
– Joaquim Magalhรฃes de Castro The title of the publication of the magazine Kailash, Journal of Himalayan Studies, โLetter from the First Westerner to Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal, Joao Cabral (1559-1699),โ is misleading because it omits Cacela’s performance. Let us not…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis ROME, ITALY POPE FRANCIS: ABUSE REVELATIONS ARE PURIFYING THE CHURCH (CNA) God is purifying his Church through the painful revelations of the abuse scandals, so do not be discouraged, Pope Francis said Thursday in a meeting with…
EVANGELISATION BY LOCAL MISSIONARIES – Maximum Illud Lecture Series
One Hundred Years ago, Pope Benedict XV called for the missionary activity of the Church to be carried out in future by missionaries from the very countries and cultures being evangelised. This was welcomed by many and resisted by some,…