Don’t Provoke Your Children!
Pope Francis offers very good advice on how to discipline children effectively and in a Christian manner, as ANNE BAKER finds. I am an unashamed Tweeter. I get all my news on Twitter (being...
Southern Africa's National Catholic Weekly
Overstretched Priests Are Worn Down!
As a parent of a priest, I have been very blessed to have an insight into the almost daily life of a priest. I have witnessed the frustrations of having to deal with crumbling...
The Path of Descent – The Art of Letting Go
Fr John Allen Green OFM – Jesus himself taught and exemplified the path of descent, which Christians have often called “the way of the cross.” The path downward is much more trustworthy than any...
Why Jesus is the Perfect Role-Model for Manhood
The open, welcoming and vulnerable Jesus should serve as the perfect model for manhood, argues COLLEEN CONSTABLE. The idea of men’s ministries resonates with women as much as it does with men — but...
Photos: Mass for Church’s jubilee in SA
More than ten bishops concelebrated a Mass yesterday in Cape Town’s St Mary’s cathedral to launch the year of celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the Catholic Church being established on South Africa. ...
Friendship Across Faiths: The Pope and the Rabbi
Reaching out to people of other religions can be both challenging and enriching for individuals and is the only hope for true peace in the world, said a variety of religious leaders, including Pope...
Priests Say Vietnam is Letting Gangs Terrorise Catholics
Police have looked the other way as groups of youths have terrorised a Catholic community in northeast Vietnam. Ucanews.com reported that, throughout June, gangs of youths – wearing red T-shirts with yellow stars and...
Value Our Catholic Schools
There are diverse reasons why Catholic schools in South Africa exist, but the one uniting cause must always to bring Christ into the world of young people. Most of our Catholic schools — those...
Pope urges Merkel: Continue Supporting Paris Climate Agreement
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Pope Francis encouraged her to support international agreements like the Paris climate accord as well as to break down walls that divide people. The German leader’s 40-minute private audience...
Safeguarding Creation is Religious Obligation for All
Christians and Muslims, believers in one God, have an obligation to safeguard the world God created, said the Vatican’s annual message to Muslims for the end of Ramadan. “Our vocation to be guardians of...
Church Reports more than 3,300 killed in Congo fighting since October
More than 3,300 people have been killed in Congo’s Kasai region in fighting between the army and rebels since October, Catholic leaders said. The church’s findings were released in a United Nations statement June...
Parent-Child Relationships: The No-Lose Model
While the overall family theme for the year is “Families Walk the Talk” and for May it was “Parents Walk the Talk”, for June it’s the other parts of the Micah slogan, which is...
This Week’s Issue: 21 June – 27 June, 2017
12-PAGE EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT »Great homework tips for students & parents »Seeing the many faces of Christ »Preparing for SA Church’s 2009th anniversary »A crossroad on Fatima pilgrimage »Searching for love at the mall? THIS...
