200 Years Ago, Papal Vaccine Campaigns Offered Punishments and Rewards
By Cindy Wooden – When popes were kings, they ordered all their subjects in the Papal States to be vaccinated, using punishments and rewards to convince the...
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San Diego Bishop: Don’t Weaponise the Eucharist
By Mark Pattison– “The Eucharist must never be instrumentalised for a political end, no matter how important,” said Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego in a...
Pope to New Swiss Guards: You Represent a Church that Welcomes
By Carol Glatz – Meeting new recruits to the Swiss Guard, Pope Francis thanked the young men for having chosen to serve the successor of St Peter...
God is Love: 6th Sunday of Easter
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB Theme: “Deus Caritas Est: GOD IS LOVE” Point of reflection: Have you ever been loved? What is love? The biblical readings of...
Holy Family College Bids Farewell to Grade 1 Teacher
Holy Family College in Durban sadly bid farewell to Primary School Grade 1 teacher and a part of our School Management Team, Mrs Leanne Massey. School Principal,...
Mass Readings: 9 May – 16 May
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday 9 May, 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 10:25-26, 34-35,44-48, Psalms 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 1 John 4:7-10, John...
6th Sunday of Easter Reflection
FINDING THE ORIGIN OF LOVE – John 15:9-17 Love is not our intrinsic nature. Somewhere along the timeline of our human development, we lost our connectivity....
Cardinal: Heaven Doesn’t Need Saints Canonised, People Do
By Cindy Wooden – The Catholic Church’s proclamation of new saints demonstrates that it is possible for men and women to live holy lives and that God...
First Communion Recipient Overcomes Obstacles
Carson Crosby, a student at St. Anthony Catholic School in Columbus who received his First Communion this spring, faced a unique challenge. Carson has a genetic mitochondrial...
Pope Prays for Desperate India
By Carol Glatz – As India faces a massive surge in new infections and deaths caused by COVID-19, Pope Francis said he was praying for all those affected...
Some German Parishes Plan Blessings for Lovers
Catholic chaplains in parishes across Germany plan to invite people to “blessing services for lovers” on and around May 10. The campaign, “Love Wins,” was launched in...
One Act of Pure Love is the Greatest Miracle Christians Can Perform
By Carol Glatz – Contemplative prayer transforms and purifies the human heart, Pope Francis said. Being contemplative in prayer is an act of faith and love, it...
Pope to Institute a Formal ‘Ministry of Catechist’
By Cindy Wooden – While millions of laypeople around the world are recognised as catechists in their parish or diocese, Pope Francis is preparing to formally institute...
