July 2019

Ano ba ang tunay na panalangin? Alam nyo ang mga alagad ni Hesus ay nahirapan ding manalangin. Sila’y lumapit sa kanya at nagpaturo sila kay Hesus kung paano manalangin. “…Panginoon, turuan po ninyo kaming manalangin…”(Lc. 11:1). Sinabi ni Hesus sa kanila, “Kung kayo’y manalangin, ganito ang sabihin ninyo: “Ama, sambahin nawa ang ngalan mo. Magsimula na sana ang iyong paghahari.” (Lc. 11: 2). 
 
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HONG KONG (SE): Over 10 Catholic organisations, including the Diocesan Pastoral Commission for Marriage and the Family, Catholic Messengers of Green Consciousness, the Central Council of Catholic Laity, the Media Centre of Daughters of St. Paul, the Christian Life Community and the Catholic Centre, joined the annual Hong Kong Book Fair, held from July 17 to 23 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai this year, to promote the reading of books for spiritual formation....

BANGKOK (CNS): Canada has been asked to rescue a Pakistani Christian refugee after a viral video calling for his death swept through the refugee community in Bangkok, Thailand.
The appeal by Australian Jesuit Father Michael Kelly was made to Canada’s ambassador to Thailand, Donica Pottie, after Australia rejected an emergency asylum appeal from Faraz Pervaiz, a prominent defender of Christian rights. 
 
It comes two months after Canada gave asylum to Asia...

HONG KONG (UCAN): Officials in charge of religious affairs in the city of Xingtai, in China’s northern Hebei province, have urged members of the public to report banned religious activities. Concerns have been raised that the Cultural Revolution-style move would strangle Church activities.
 
The July 10 announcement of a two-phone number hotline to report unsanctioned religious activities was made by the United Front Work Department and the Department of Ethnic and...