Our Search for Truth
To this day, I wonder where the saying, “Curiosity killed the cat”, came from. Did the cat drown in a river while peering over a bridge? Did...
Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine
To Live Well Is To Change Often
In the last few weeks we have all started to get used to changes in our lives: what we are now becoming accustomed to call “the new...
Pope: Communities that Take their Own Path Lack the Holy Spirit
By Junno Arocho Esteves -Pope Francis said he was dismayed by Catholic communities and groups that claim to be working to improve church life, but attempt to...
Finding Light in a Weary World
“Can you believe people are putting their Christmas decorations up already?” an acquaintance asked me the first week of November. “I’m used to the stores starting Christmas...
Cardinal-Designate Hopes for Dialogue with New President
By Cindy Wooden – As Washington’s new cardinal and with a Catholic soon to be living in the White House, Cardinal-designate Wilton D Gregory said he hopes...
Dowling retires as pope makes new bishops appointments
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg, Southern Africa’s second-longest serving active bishop, and has appointed a successor. He also transferred the...
The Economy of Francis – of Both Saint and Pope
The world – and especially the poor – needs a national and global economy that justly and fairly works for everyone. The hungry, homeless, unemployed, underemployed, refugees...
Catholic Dioceses Cope with New Limits as Virus Cases Spike in US and Canada
As the number of Covid-19 cases rises dramatically in the US, Canada and around the world, government officials almost universally have returned to stricter lockdowns, with U.S....
SVP Donates Books To Denis Hurley Centre Street Lit Project
The vendors from the Denis Hurley Centre Street Lit project were grateful for the car-load of books donated to them by the Society of St Vincent de...
Kenyan Bishops Urge Support For Doctors During Covid-19 Pandemic
By Fredrick Nzwili – Kenyan bishops are calling for increased support for medical personnel in the Covid-19 pandemic front lines, as reports indicate 25 doctors have died...
Pope to Young People: Dream Big and Don’t Settle for Less
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Young people today should not waste their lives dreaming of obtaining trivial things that provide only a fleeting moment of joy but...
Pope Talks About Personal ‘Lockdowns’ That Changed His Life
By Cindy Wooden – While the coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions have interrupted people’s lives and brought suffering on a global scale, every individual – including the pope...
How a Heresy Almost Won the Church
We recite the Creed every Sunday at Mass, but we might not have known Christ as divine! In his second of three articles on the Nicene Creed,...
