– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro From Guwathi to Cooch Behar is a whole rural world that reveals itself, seen from the windshields and side windows of the rented van. There are small villages and fields of cultivation with straw ricks,…
CHANCERY NOTICE
CN/7/016/2018 In response to the pastoral needs of the Diocese, Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang makes public the following arrangements: 1. Fr. Francisco Xavier Chan Pou Chun ceases to be Assistant Parish Priest in St. Anthony Parish.
CHURCH FATHERS (26) – Eusebius of Caesarea
In the past century history has seen a strong rethinking about many assumptions coming from the Rankean tradition, that tradition established from the German historian Leopold von Ranke which demanda that history has to establish “what has really happened.”
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PROF. FRANCO BATTAGLIA, SCIENTIST AND WRITER – On 1968 and today’s universities
– Aurelio Porfiri I think there is little doubt when we say that the year 1968 was a crucial year for the development of our societies. Maybe this was felt more in Europe, North America, but I think that the…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (80) – Kerala, India
The Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom is situated in Vallarpadam in the city of Cochin in the state of Kerala, India. It is a famous center of pilgrimage, people from all parts of Kerala and outside, irrespective of caste…
WORLD NEWS
– Tej Francis IRELAND POPE FRANCIS APOLOGIZES FOR ‘CRIMES’ OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN IRELAND (CBC News) Pope Francis issued a sweeping apology Sunday for the “crimes” of the Catholic Church in Ireland, saying church officials regularly didn’t respond with…
NOTES ON FRANCIS’S VISIT TO IRELAND – Families and forgiveness
– José Maria C.S. André At many points during his pastoral visit to Ireland to attend the World Meeting of Families, instead of reading a speech, Francis answered questions from families. In this way, the message focused on specific themes.
OUR LADY OF FÁTIMA AND SACRED HEART OF JESUS – Restoration of two Cathedral statues completed
Photo Caption: Final inspection before finishing the restoration of Sacred Heart of Jesus statue – Benedict Keith Ip After more than eight decades since 1930, two important statues in the Cathedral – Our Lady of Fatima on the right and Sacred…
MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY SISTERS CELEBRATE FEAST OF ST MOTHER TERESA
– Benedict Keith Ip The Missionary of Charity sisters celebrated the Feast of Saint Teresa of Calcutta (widely known as Mother Teresa) on Sunday, 9th of September at 9:30 AM at the Casa das Irmãs Missionárias da Caridade, Ilha Verde.…
DISCOVERING TRUE HAPPINESS THROUGH A SUMMER SERVICE CAMP
Instead of spending summer on sightseeing tours in exotic or touristic destinations, twenty-two students and professionals decided to use their holiday time as volunteers in an outreach program in the Philippines from August 3 to 17, 2018 organized by Hon…