– Pedro Daniel Oliveira A bachelor’s degree in Digital Cinema and a master’s in History and Heritage are two new courses that University of Saint Joseph is offering, its Rector Fr Peter Stilwell told O CLARIM. He also talked about…
HUMANAE VITAE FIFTY YEARS HENCE (4) – Regulation of births
Free-Photos at Pixabay – Fausto Gomes OP Through its fifty years of development (1968-2018) of the Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae of Pope Paul VI, three themes continue on center stage: responsible parenthood and regulation of birth, overpopulation, and poverty. In…
HUMANAE VITAE FIFTY YEARS HENCE (3) – From Paul to Francis
FAUSTO GOMEZ OP I read once more Blessed Paul VI Encyclical Letter Humane Vitae (1968) in June 2018. Thereafter, I re-visited its doctrinal development through its fifty years of existence. Clearly, the Magisterium of the Church re-reads, interprets, renews and…
GAY IN THE PEW – How the Church is Reaching out to the LGBT Catholics
Fr Leonard E Dollentas “If someone is gay and searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” These words of Pope Francis have gone viral and sent shockwaves throughout the Catholic Church and the world…
ARTIST AND WRITER ANTÓNIO CONCEIÇÃO JÚNIOR ON THE VISIONARY AFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE – A crusader out of time
Pedro Daniel Oliveira Artist and Writer António Conceição Júnior delivered a talk on Afonso de Albuquerque – Rumo ao Apogeu Militar dos Descobrimentos (Afonso de Albuquerque – Towards the Military Apogee of the Portuguese Discoveries), at Rui Cunha Foundation, on…
BEAUTY THAT UPLIFTS – In what sense is sacred music pastoral?
Aurelio Porfiri I used to read, many years ago, an American magazine called Pastoral Music, published by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM). In recent years, mulled over this theme of the pastoral value of music, of how…
APOLOGIA (23) – Was Jesus the only Son of Mary?
Anastasios Objection 1: In the New Testament we have several evidences that Jesus has brothers (and sisters): “Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?” (Mt 13,55); “‘Is…
SPIRITUAL NOTES ON A PILGRIMAGE (1 ＆ 2) – In the steps of the saints
Sr Margaret Fung I am very fortunate to take part in the pilgrimage of Colegio de Santa Rosa de Lima (English Secondary) in July this year as the school in Macau celebrate its 85th anniversary. The pilgrimage consists of…
EVANGELIZING THROUGH KNOWING MACAU CHURCHES – Pilgrimage Service training to pass the torch
Jasmin Yiu The Catholic Pilgrimage Service of Macau (CPSM) is a non-profit-making group in Macau. Established in 2007, CPSM provides a variety of pilgrimage services and events to promote and enhance people’s knowledge of the history, culture and heritage…
ITALIAN TOUCH TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH CHINA – 14th century Franciscans on the Silk Road
Pedro Daniel Oliveria European Catholic priests who have been on mission in the East a few centuries ago have contributed greatly to the contact between Europe and China. Many have travelled on the Silk Road and the Spice Road as…