Third Week of Easter - Mass Readings (Saturday, 4 May 2019 )
MAY 5 – THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER. |
The invitation to the shore (Saturday, 4 May 2019 )
John, the evangelist narrates another manifestation of the Risen Lord to his disciples and this episode is full of symbolisms. |
Ang mabuting balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan (Saturday, 4 May 2019 )
Iniibig mo ba ako Simon Pedro?” |
Tens of thousands march to protest against extradition bill (Saturday, 4 May 2019 )
HONG KONG (SE): Around 130,000 people joined a rally on April 28, organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, to express their opposition the proposed extradition law which they believe will undermine the right of Hong Kong people to a fair trial and jeopardise the principle of One Country, Two Systems. Organisers of the rally said the turnout was 130,000. |
New measure might force breaking of confessional seal (Saturday, 4 May 2019 )
VATICAN (CNS): On April 23, the 155-member Chilean House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure that would add clergy and religious men and women to the list of police, members of the armed forces, teachers and civil servants who are obliged to report all crimes under article 175 of Chile’s penal code. |
People urged not to lose hope for democracy (Saturday, 4 May 2019 )
HONG KONG (SE): The people of Hong Kong were urged not to lose hope and to keep fighting for democracy during a candlelight vigil outside the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre where four leaders of the Umbrella Movement in 2014 (Occupy Central), who were convicted on public nuisance charges, were detained after their sentencing. |
New provincial council for Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres (Saturday, 4 May 2019 )
HONG KONG (SE): The general council of the Sisters of St Paul de Chartres (Rome) has chosen a new provincial superior and provincial assistants for the Hong Kong Province. From left to right: Sister Winne Marie Yau; Sister Lily Antonia Fung; Sister Joanna Marie Cheung, provincial superior; Sister Marie Timothee Chow and Sister Ophelia Marie Lui. |
Propaganda in the name of Confucius (Saturday, 4 May 2019 )
Benedict Rogers |
Run to announce the living Word pope tells Bible congress (Saturday, 4 May 2019 )
VATICAN (Agencies): “I wish you to be good bearers of the Word, with the same enthusiasm that we read these days in the Easter stories, where everyone runs. They run to meet and announce the living Word,” Pope Francis told around 160 participants at the International Congress of the Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF), which took place in Rome from April 23 to 26. |
Occupy activists found guilty but the conflict remains unsettled (Saturday, 4 May 2019 )
On April 24, a judge at the West Kowloon Court passed sentence on four of the nine leaders of the Umbrella Movement, including the Occupy Central trio of Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Chan Kin-man and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, for their role in the 79 civil disobedience protest more than four years ago. Tai and Chan were both jailed for 16 months, Shiu, who is an incumbent Legco member, and Raphael Wong Ho-ming received eight-month sentences while Reverend Chu’s 16-month sentence was suspended for... |
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