CAPTION: St Ambrose Polyptych, Bartolomeo Vivarini, Gallerie dell’Accademia – Anastasios When we talk of Church Fathers, we talk of people coming from every walk of life. One of the great Latin Church Fathers is Saint Ambrose (337-397). Lots of people know…
– Fr Leonard E Dollentas It was the Sunday after Christmas at St Mary’s Church. Father John was in his usual morning routine of looking around the church. When he went inside the church, he glanced towards the altar and…
– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP The role of the Social Doctrine of the Church is to shed the light of the Gospel with the help of reason on the relevant social problems of the times. The huge chasm between rich and…
PHOTO CAPTION: In Macau, the Social Communication Centre of the Diocese (Centro Diocesano dos Meios de Comunicação Social) held its first Catholic Cantonese Sacred Song Composition Contest this year. The awarding ceremony was held last Saturday 24 November. There were 18…
– Aurelio Porfiri The topic of China and religion has been very much in the news in recent months, also thanks to the developments in relations between the same China and the Holy See. There are many voices commenting on…
“Little Herman from his earliest years, manifested a most tender devotion to the Mother of God, and almost as soon as he could speak, he begged his mother to teach him how to honor her. His parents were very poor,…
– Tej Francis KETAPANG IN A WEEK, CATHOLICS CELEBRATED 20 ORDINATIONS IN LAMPUNG, CENTRAL JAVA AND KALIMANTAN (AsiaNews) In just one week, the Catholic Church of Indonesia celebrated 20 priestly ordinations: five in Tanjung Karang (Lampung), 12 in Yogyakarta (province…
PHOTO BY: Angela Chong – Angela Chong I was in Hong Kong attending a spiritual retreat organized by the Macau Biblical Association over the past weekend. Prior to that, we had been assigned a few paragraphs in Pope Francis’ Encyclical…
– Fr Rodrigo Lynce de Faria The biggest difference between humans and animals is that a human being is not “something” but “someone”: he has the dignity of being a human person. This means that a human being is capable…
– Danilo Ngo Couples for Christ (CFC) Macau was very glad to host the 5th CFC China Chapter Leaders Training and Council Training at Choc Van Conference Center last October 2018. The China leaders from Manila and different provinces of…