Cullen’s corner

Rescued and safe at the Preda Girls Home. Photo: Preda Foundation

The three great catastrophes facing humankind

There are three deadly catastrophic events engulfing the world as you read this. None of us can ignore these realities without suffering the dire consequences....

A drawing by a young boy depicting abuse at a youth detention centre. Photo: Preda

The torture and suffering of the innocents

One of the stained glass windows in Shanghai Cathedral, Xujahui Cathedral, by local artist, Wo Ye. File photo

Who was the resurrected Jesus of Nazareth?

A scanning electron microscope image of the Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) coronavirus (round gold objects), emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Photo: CNS/NIAID-RML via Reuters

What is the meaning of life?

Father Francis Xavier Nguyen Duc Dai of Son Loi, Vietnam, distributes food to local people while wearing a protective mask. The area has been quarantined due to the Covid-19 coronavirus. Photo: CNS/Reuters

Challenges of facing the Covid-19 coronavirus

The hands of a South Korean comfort woman who was among those who were forced into prostitution and sexually abused at Japanese military brothels before and during World War II. Photo: CNS/Reuters

The invisible enemy: an unseen virus and sexual abuse

Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia. Photo: CNS/Reuters

The rise of the political extreme right

Video: Pope leads world shrines prayer against pandemic on May 30

https://youtu.be/McFy4NeU5tI VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis led the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary’s intercession...

Pope composes prayers for end of pandemic to be recited after rosary

VATICAN (CNS): “Contemplating the face of Christ with the heart of Mary, our mother, will make us even more united...

Vatican approves special ‘Mass in the Time of Pandemic’

VATICAN (CNS): The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has approved a special Mass in the Time of Pandemic to...

Pope Francis special Urbi et Orbi, March 27/28, still online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcUqLrbi9Cg Vatican (Vatican News): Pope Francis presided over a moment of prayer on the sagrato of St Peter’s Basilica, the platform at...

Watch video as Pope and Christian leaders join in prayer for end to Covid-19 pandemic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UtkJSHZgmU&feature=youtu.be VATICAN (CNS): On March 25, joined by Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Church leaders and faithful from around the world,...

Pope’s prayer to Virgin Mary for protection in English

“O Mary, you shine continuously along our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. “We entrust ourselves to you,...

Pope Francis entrusts world threatened by Covid-19 pandemic to Mary

VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis entrusted to Jesus' mother the suffering and anguish of millions of people affected by the Covid-19...

Diocese of Hong Kong prayer for deliverance from coronavirus

Prayer for Deliverance from the Epidemic(Covid-19 Coronavirus Infection) O God, you are the source of all goodness. We come to...