– Nicola Bux Recently the Italian Conference of Bishops has approved some changes in liturgical translations. These changes were at the center of a very strong debate between scholars. One of the changes is in the Our Father. In Italian…
LEARNING FROM SANTA CECILIA – Let my heart be pure
St Cecilia (1626), Simon Vouet, Blanton Museum of Art – Aurelio Porfiri Santa Cecilia, a Roman martyr of the third century, is a significant saint in the Catholic Church, especially so for musicians, of whom she is patron. During the…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (91) – San Damiano, Italy
Rosa Quattrini was born January 26, 1909, in Santominto, Italy. Her parents were very devout and pious – especially the father, who had an intense devotion to the Rosary. The father was a poor farmer and died when she was…
ST PAUL VI (2) – Main writings
– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP Pope Paul VI wrote excellent documents, which are part of the Ordinary Magisterium of the Church. These documents continue to be important. Some of them are still very relevant today and often quoted by the Popes…
VENERABLE ALFREDO OBVIAR – A Man with a Passion for Catechesis
– Fr Leonard E Dollentas In a decree issued on November 7, 2018, Pope Francis has declared Bishop Alfredo Obviar, a Filipino bishop, Venerable. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) confirmed the decree on Friday November 9, 2018:…
WALK FOR A MILLION 2018 – Charity Fund leaders visit Bishop Lee
– Benedict Keith Ip On 15 November, 2018, Ho Teng Iat, President of the Charity Fund from the Readers of Macao Daily News visited Bishop of Macau Stephen Lee. The meeting was held at the Bishop’s Office together with Vice-President…
THE STORY OF JAMES CHANG WOO HO, MACAU’S YOUNGEST PRIEST – The Korean Church is prepared to reach out to North Korea
– Marco Carvalho He was ordained a priest on September 29th in a ceremony presided by Bishop Stephen Lee which was the pinnacle of more than a decade of total dedication to the discovery of the message of God. South…
ASK THE LITURGIST (17) – The sanctuary or tabernacle lamp
– Enrico Finotti The sanctuary or tabernacle lamp: why and how….? “A special lamp which indicates and honors the presence of Christ is to shine continuously before a tabernacle in which the Most Holy Eucharist is reserved” (Code of Canon…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (8) – Why are there differences in the accounts of the Gospels?
– Rev José Mario O Mandía jmom.honlam.org If we have read the Gospels many times, we will notice some discrepancies in the accounts of the four Evangelists. This can be seen, for example, in the miracle of the multiplication…
BENGAL AND THE KINGDOM OF THE DRAGON (27) – Great Figures of the Missionary Work
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The previously mentioned “gardens of Rangamati” extend to the foot of the Bhutanese mountain from which flow the waters of the Kaljani, tributary of the Torsha, the great river that is born in Bhutan and…