On the 25th of June 2015 the Opus Dei prelature celebrated the feast of St. Josemaría Escrivá. The Eucharistic celebration was offered by Most Rev. Bishop Jose Lai, along with concelebrants Fr. Joseph Buzzo (Regional Vicar of East Asia), Fr.…
Letter to João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro
Epistolarium (7) Aurelio Porfiri Your Excellency, It is a pleasure for me to address to you this letter. You were a very active Bishop of Macau. In 1903 you began a monthly journal for the Diocese of Macau: Boletim do…
USJ opens Portuguese Intensive Course
USJ opens in the coming September a Portuguese Intensive Course (Portuguese as a foreign Language). This one year full-time (day) intensive programme will allow students to reach the necessary level of proficiency in order to apply to Bachelor courses demanding…
Women have a say
Zonta Club of Macau aims for gender equality Pedro Daniel Oliveira The Zonta Club of Macau, officially established on the last 19th of June, aims to contribute to the healthy growth of Macau society, promoting the status of women and…
Four Dominican Friars take solemn profession in Macau
Vow for Christian mission “until death” Benedict Keith Ip The province of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Missionary Province) rejoiced in the profession of solemn vows of four young friars from Myanmar: Brothers Kai Mariano, Paul Aung Myint Win,…
Melchior Carneiro – The gentle bishop
Great Figures of the Missionary Work Joaquim Magalhães Castro One of the first occupants of the Jesuit’s residence about whom we spoke last week was Melchior Carneiro, first bishop of Macau. Born in Coimbra, akin to the beatified Gonçalo de…
Lead Messages on Marriage Redefinition
One man, one woman, for life US Conference of Catholic Bishops Definitions Matter Marriage is and can only be the union of one man and one woman. It is the only institution that unites a man and a woman with…
Supreme Court Decision On Marriage “A Tragic Error”
President of the United States Catholic bishops conference Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz The U.S. Supreme Court decision, June 26, interpreting the U.S. Constitution to require all states to license and recognize same-sex “marriage” “is a tragic error that harms the…
Pope hopes for increased opportunities to meet
Catholic-Orthodox dialogue (AsiaNews) – So that one day we can “participate together at the altar of the Eucharist,” Pope Francis has expressed the “hope, therefore, that opportunities may increase for meeting each other, for exchange and cooperation among Catholic and…
Pope Francis approves the decrees for canonization of Louis and Zelie Martin
Marriage makes Saints. (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis approved on Saturday the decrees allowing for the canonization of Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of the Child Jesus (of Lisieux).