February 2019

Today’s Gospel, consists of a series of the Lord’s sayings directed false teachers who dilute the essence of the teachings of Jesus. It starts with a well-known proverb: “Can a blind person lead another blind person?” 
 
When the disciples told Jesus that the Pharisees were offended by his words he responds: “Pay no attention to them! They are blind leading the blind” (Matthew 15:14). In today’s passage the...

VATICAN (CNS): The Vatican announced on February 24 that Pope Francis will issue a document on Young people, faith and vocational discernment, five months after the world Synod of Bishops gathered to discuss the topic.
 
The pope will present his post-synodal apostolic exhortation on March 25, the feast of the Annunciation, during a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto, near Italy’s central Adriatic coast.
 
The synod and its final...

HONG KONG (SE): The Diocesan Working Committee for Following Thy Way held a seminar, co-organised with the Centre for Catholic Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, on early Catholic missionary work in Sai Kung, at the university on February 2. 
 
The committee pointed out that early missionaries not only spread the gospel, but also helped residents of the area with their livelihood problems.
 
Cindy Chu Yik-yi, a professor of the...

Further reflections from Monsignor Ante Jozic, the outgoing head of the Holy See Study Mission,
on the Church in China, excerpted from his interview with the Sunday Examiner and the Kung Kao Po on February 12
 
In China we have bishops who are over 80- 90- or even 100-years-old, who still are retained as ordinaries. The Holy See prefers to...