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Monastery of Alcobaça: A medieval Cistercian gothic splendour

Feb 14, 2025

Located just an hour and a half’s drive from Lisbon, Portugal, the Monastery of Alcobaça is one of Europe’s finest examples of the Cistercian style and a pioneer of Gothic design in the Iberian Peninsula.
Jesus and the poor

Feb 14, 2025

I grew up a second-generation immigrant in the outback of the Western Canadian prairies. Our family was poor economically, subsistence farmers, with the necessities but seldom with much more. My father and mother were charitable to a fault and tried to instil that in us.
Migrants are not invaders

Feb 14, 2025

I bet just like me, you too have experienced the empty feeling that you do not belong here, that you are an unwelcome person — persona non grata.
Jesus calls us to be courageous and embrace risks

Feb 07, 2025

Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Andrew Kooi
Welcoming vocations: An ecclesial community that embraces desire and doubt

Feb 07, 2025

Pope’s prayer intention for February
Red-flagged story wins award, thanks to my buddy Jamil

Feb 07, 2025

The bond of friendship between a Catholic Journalist and a Muslim religious leader stands as a model for blissful Interfaith engagement.
End of life treatment, who decides?

Feb 07, 2025

“God heals, we help.” This tagline of a hospital in Penang will forever stay with me, as it was the place where my late husband passed away in 1994.
An invitation to something higher

Feb 07, 2025

For too long, preachers, catechists, Church hierarchy, and moral theologians have been too focused on sin. Well, indeed there is sin around, but that should hardly be our focus in terms of understanding what it means to live a moral Christian life. Here we should take our cue from Jesus.
Called to bring the Good News to all

Jan 26, 2025

Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD
The silent need for connection

Jan 26, 2025

If we understand this and treat those affected with dementia as fully human, with minds of their own who are entitled to the full respect of others, then perhaps they can live a full and meaningful life. More importantly, they can still share their lives with us.