𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟏.𝟒 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 “𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞” 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 “𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞,” 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 “𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲,” 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.
Three Masses in May and as many in June. The Santa Rosa de Lima English Secondary School will host, starting from this month, a weekly Eucharist on a trial basis. With this initiative, the all-girl college aims to contribute to the spiritual growth of its students.
In a sober but joyful ceremony, hundreds of faithful gathered at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady early Tuesday evening for a Mass in memory of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. The liturgy, celebrated by Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang in three languages – Cantonese, Portuguese and English – attracted a large number of faithful from different backgrounds, who prayed for the Argentine pontiff’s soul and asked God to welcome him into the immensity of his love.
Former parochial vicar of both Saint Lawrence and Saint Lazarus parishes, Father José Fu Chun died on Thursday, April 24th at Conde São Januário Hospital. Born and raised in Macau, the elderly priest died at age 91, after a long-term illness.
Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, brought synodality back to the heart of the church. During his pontificate, Jorge Mario Bergoglio consistently upheld the Church’s priority of addressing the needs of the poor and invited Catholics worldwide to fully embrace a new theological paradigm, that of pastoral theology. Francis’s time at the helm of the Church was marked by two fundamental characteristics: a deep connection to the Second Vatican Council and the desire to bring the Church closer to the people. The Argentinian pope’s pontificate cannot be understood, Sigrid Müller claims, without seeing it as a continuation and development of Vatican II. The German theologian, teacher of Moral Theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna, spoke exclusively with “O Clarim” about Pope Francis’ theological legacy.
In his twelve-year pontificate, Jorge Maria Bergoglio has confronted some of the deepest problems in the Catholic Church, but his legacy as Saint Peter’s successor extends far beyond the realms of faith. Pope Francis has placed the Church before the challenges that confront the world and humanity, addressing problems such as climate crisis, economic inequality and social justice. With the death of the Argentine pontiff, aged 88, the world bid farewell to a tireless defender of a more just and humane economy. Among the multiple dimensions of his papacy is the relentless defense of the metamorphosis of the prevailing economic system through love, witness and hope, rather than power or wealth. This perspective gave rise to the so-called “Economy of Francesco”, a global movement that invited economists, academics and businesspeople from all over the world to rethink the economic system based on the values of the Gospel. On May 1st, 2019, the Holy Father appealed to young people and institutions from all over the world to join a joint effort to give life to the economy of the future. The Macau Ricci Institute (MRI) contributed to the mission, with the so-called “Macau Manifesto. The Director of the MRI, Father Stephan Rothlin, recalls the Pope’s profound legacy on economic justice. The Jesuit missionary, who holds a PhD in Economy and Philosophy, praises Francis’ push to transform an economy into an economy of life and common good.
The sorrowful news of Pope Francis’s passing took me by surprise at the Bangkok airport last Monday as I was traveling to India. Though I knew the Pope had been weak, I believed he had passed the most critical stage and was on the path to recovery.
In Malaysia, the Gospel has been attracting more and more young people and adults, who, after reading the sacred texts, seek baptism, thus embracing Christianity. Several official statements from the local Church have informed us that the Catholic community in Malaysia received – during the Easter Vigil of 2025 alone– more than 2,000 new faithful: 1,047 in Peninsular Malaysia and an equivalent number in the Malaysian provinces of Borneo.
On March 2, 2025, the clergy of the Catholic Diocese of Macau gathered for the Liturgical celebration in preparation for the Jubilee of Priests in June 2025. The celebration coincides with the recollection, the Macau clergy ordinarily fulfill every month. This Jubilee preparation for clergy of the Diocese of Macau, is not just a celebration but a vital opportunity for the clergy to reflect and journey together this Jubilee year. It emphasizes the importance of their priesthood and mission in fostering a vibrant faith community. The gathering thus described as: “It is a celebratory journey made up of four ‘moments’ or stages of following the Master, taking as our example the apostles Peter and Paul. Following in the footsteps left by the lives of these extraordinary men who are the “pillars of the Church”, and in the light of the magisterium, we will retrace our vocation, our profession of faith, our trials and the life of bearing witness that are common to every man called to priestly ministry.” (Liturgy Guide page3)
We all generally prefer to see ourselves as smart, generous, kind, patient, and forgiving people most of the time. But the truth is that we aren’t. Life isn’t ideal. We aren’t perfect. We simply cannot be nice and ‘good’ 100% of the time. If we’re honest with ourselves, we actually have some pretty scary and embarrassing flaws that we prefer to avoid at all costs.