Ez 2:2-5; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau In Capernaum, Jesus expressed his admiration for the gesture of four men who brought down the roof of a house to introduce a paralytic (Mk…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (11)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The nearly fifteen million inhabitants of Dhaka are by themselves synonymous with a high probability of discontents, so that in the congested streets of this city it is common to cross with demonstrators of many…
APOLOGIA (22) – Why was the Son of God born in a very humble village?
Anastasios Objection 1: It seems very strange that the Son of God, as Jesus pretended to be, was born in a very humble village as Bethlehem. If he was the powerful man he claimed to be, he should be born…
SOLEMNITY OF STs PETER AND PAUL
During the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul on June 29, the relics of the two saints were on display at the Cathedral during the Mass celebrated by Bishop Stephen Lee. The Diocese of Macau prayed for the entire Church,…
TOWARDS FULL AND CONSCIOUS PARTICIPATION – The evangelizing power of liturgical music
– Joni Cheng It is in the Liturgy where the divine encounter and exchange of love between God and the faithful takes place. Presuming a person has been apprenticed well, the Mass is the greatest opportunity for lifelong evangelization. So…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (73) – Hrushiv, Ukraine
The first apparition actually occurred two weeks before World War I, on May 12, 1914, in the village of Hrushiv. Twenty-two people, who were mowing fields near the local church of the Holy Trinity, all witnessed an apparition of the…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis VATICAN CITY THE HIGHEST HONOR IS TO SERVE GOD’S PEOPLE, FRANCIS TELLS NEW CARDINALS (CNA/EWTN News) At a ceremony for the creation of 14 cardinals Thursday, Pope Francis said the best promotion a person can receive is…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MASSIMO INTROVIGNE – A Bitter Winter
– Aurelio Porfiri A new website aims to shed light on the topic of Christianity, religions and new religious movements in China. Bitter Winter, under the leadership of Marco Respinti and Massimo Introvigne can be an invaluable resource for all…
BISHOP SPRINGS SURPRISE, CELEBRATES MASS FOR ALL – English Catechism Group Celebrations Before The Summer Holidays
– Miguel Augusto Last Sunday, 1st of July, the English catechism group with respective families and friends, celebrated the last class before the summer holidays with a special Mass in the new chapel of the Diocesan College of St Joseph…
WHEN HUMAN REASON MEETS THE ULTIMATE REASON
Director of the group “Science, Reason and Faith” at University of Navarra Fr Javier Sánchez on Science and Religion – Pedro Daniel Oliveira Science and religion are not in conflict, Director of the Group “Science, Reason and Faith” at the…