– Aurelio Porfiri Italy has devoted great energies to studying China. That is not by chance, if we consider our long history of contact with the Chinese world, that goes back much earlier than Matteo Ricci and the Jesuits. Paolo…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (74) – Montichiari, Italy
The Blessed Mother appeared under the title of “Rosa Mystica” (Mystical Rose) at Montichiari in Northern Italy to Pierina Gilli. The purpose of this devotion was the reform of the religious and religious institutions. During the sixth apparition, Our Blessed…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis VATICAN CITY VATICAN ISSUES NEW DOCUMENT ON VOCATION OF CONSECRATED VIRGINS (Catholic News Service) The Vatican has released a document that establishes norms and principles for women who dedicate their lives as consecrated virgins and their place…
BILL FACES ROUGH SAILING – Will divorce be finally legalized in the Philippines?
– Fr Leonard E Dollentas For more than 20 years, the divorce bill in the Philippines has repeatedly been proposed and discussed by the Philippine Congress, with no success. It has always been intensely opposed by the Catholic Church and…
SUNDAY MASS IN BAHASA INDONESIA TWICE A MONTH – Chapel of Saint Lawrence’s Church
Featured Image: Wikimedia Commons – Pedro Daniel Oliveira Started early this month, the chapel of Saint Lawrence’s Church is holding a Sunday Mass in Bahasa Indonesia, in order to keep the faith of the local Indonesian Catholics, since some have…
ENHANCING SILK ROAD’S RELIGIUS AND CULTURAL LEGACY – Macau Ricci Institute Annual Symposium in November
– Pedro Daniel Oliveira On November 22-23, the Macau Ricci Institute (MRI) is holding its annual symposium under the theme “Exploring The Silk Road Economic Belt and The 21st- Century Maritime Silk Road: The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Exchange and Communication.”
HUMANAE VITAE FIFTY YEARS HENCE (2) – Reactions
– Fausto Gomez OP As soon as the encyclical on the regulation of birth was issued by Pope Paul VI on July 25, 1968， contrary reactions from “liberal” priests and theologians in favor of contraception appeared in magazines and journals.…
FAITH ILLUSTRATED – Creed 07
Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son of God (2)
FRAGMENTS (2)
– Vittorio Messori There is a figure among many that can help to understand the difference between the Mediterranean countries and Great Britain. In 1987 – two years after the appointment of Gorbachev as head of the Soviet Union and…
BITE-SIZE PHILOSOPHY (71) – Do animals gossip?
Free-Photos at Pixabay – Rev José Mario O Mandía A long time back, we spoke about the relationship between reality, knowledge and language (Bite-Size Philosophy 4). We feel the natural need, even when we were babies, to communicate. At that…