Cardinal Fernando Filoni was able to greet seminarians, priests, the rest of the faithful, and Bishop Emeritus José Lai during his visit to Macau from March 3 to 4. (Photos by Ivan Leong, Oswald Vas and Jasmin Yiu.)

FATHER FERNANDO AZPIROZ, CASA RICCI SOCIAL SERVICES – We spread the Gospel by serving (2)
– Marco Carvalho We are talking about health needs, physical needs. Does Casa Ricci also attend to spiritual needs? Or that’s not the focus of the work you do? You cannot separate the two things, because we are one person.…

CARDINAL FERNANDO FILONI IN MACAU – Filipinos know how to evangelize in a wonderful way
– José Mario O Mandía With José Miguel Encarnação “Filipinos know how to evangelize in a very very wonderful way, not only here but everywhere in the world,” Cardinal Fernando Filoni remarked in an interview last Monday, March 4, at…

Cardinal Pell in prison - a view from Hong Kong
Pablo Elton Cardinal Pell is being held in a prison in Melbourne, Australia. He awaits his sentence on March 13. He has appealed against his conviction on five counts of sexual abuse, allegedly for acts committed in 1996 or 1997.…

FAITH ILLUSTRATED – Creed 09: God’s Church (3)
Christ’s Faithful – Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life

THE LORD HEARS THE CRY OF THE POOR – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
Liturgical Mass Sheet

SOCIOLOGISTS ARE AMAZING!
– José Maria C.S. André I did not see the program, but my colleagues at the university told me about it: an uninteresting debate, devoted to horoscopes, divinations and spells of the type. The guests were all “professional” fortune tellers…

BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (21) – Are there layers of meaning in Scripture?
Image Caption: Lamb of God, Basilica of Sts Cosmas and Damian, Rome – Rev José Mario O Mandía “In Sacred Scripture, God speaks to man in a human way. To interpret Scripture correctly, the reader must be attentive to (1)…

REMOVING THE SPLINTER IN OUR EYE – 3rd March 2019, 8th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
Sir 27:4-7; 1 Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45 – John Paul II In different parts of the world there is a great neglect of the Sacrament of Penance. This is sometimes linked to an obscuring of the religious and moral conscience,…

ST DAVID – Patron Saint of Wales
March 1st is St David’s Day, the national day of Wales and has been celebrated as such since the 12th century. Today the celebrations usually involve the singing of traditional songs followed by a Te Bach, a tea with bara…