Captives of migrant camps and jails (Saturday, 13 July 2019 )
They are held in captivity in small, overcrowded, jail-like pens. The unsanitary and dangerous cramped enclosures are their prisons. That was until the photo images of their confinement went viral on social media and there was an international outcry for them to be released and to be treated with care, respect and dignity. They are separated from their natural groups and families. They suffer trauma and sickness and they are in danger of dying. |
Haiyan recovery efforts in the Philippines a disaster (Saturday, 13 July 2019 )
Ronald Reyes |
Seal of confession must never be violated Vatican says (Saturday, 13 July 2019 )
VATICAN (CNS): The need for the absolute secrecy of confession “comes directly from revealed divine law and has its roots in the very nature of the sacrament to the point that no exception whatsoever can be admitted in the ecclesial sphere and even less in the civil one,” a new Vatican document said. |
Vatican diplomat accused of sexual assault loses immunity (Saturday, 13 July 2019 )
VATICAN (CNS): The Holy See has waived the diplomatic immunity of 74-year-old Italian Archbishop Luigi Ventura, a Vatican diplomat who has been representing the Holy See in France since 2009, |
Asia helps push world refugee numbers to record high (Saturday, 13 July 2019 )
Luke Hunt |
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time- I come to offer peace (Saturday, 6 July 2019 )
The Gospel recounts how Jesus sent messengers in pairs. The first missionaries—Peter and John, Paul and Barnabas did not only go two by two, but they were also sent and represented their community. |
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Tawag para sa kaharian! (Saturday, 6 July 2019 )
Noong nakaraang Kapistahan ng Banal na Santatlo ay nagkaroon ng binyagan at kumpilan ng mga Filipina dito sa Hong Kong. Ang mga naturang tumanggap ng mga sakramento ay inihanda ng Chaplaincy for Filipinos. Subalit hindi ito maisakakatuparan kung wala ang tulong ng mga boluntaryong katekista. |
Prayers for reconciliation amid violence (Saturday, 6 July 2019 )
HONG KONG (SE): Around 1,000 people gathered at the Victoria Park music pavilion in Causeway Bay at 2.00pm for a prayer service prior to joining the massive July 1 protest rally—this year marking 22 years since the handover to China. |
The challenges of the airport chaplaincy (Saturday, 6 July 2019 )
HONG KONG (SE): An international three-day seminar themed, Catholic Civil Aviation Chaplains and Pastoral Agents at the Service of Integral Human Development, organised by the Dicastery for Integral Human Development was held in Rome from June 10 to 13. |
Precious Blood sisters celebrate jubilees (Saturday, 6 July 2019 )
HONG KONG (SE): The Sisters of the Precious Blood celebrated its 97th anniversary as well as the platinum, diamond and golden jubilees of nine sisters at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Shek Kip Mei, on June 23, the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. John Cardinal Tong Hon, apostolic administrator of the Hong Kong diocese, officiated the liturgy. |
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