Synod: Synodal leadership can ease a bishop’s burdens
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – A bishop who runs his diocese like a “monarch” is not only not acting synodally, but he probably is lonely and stressed,...
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All Things are Possible with God: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Twenty-Eighth Sunday In Ordinary Time – Year B Sermon And Christian Act In The Word Theme: Just do good! What must...
St John XXIII
Today is the Feast of St John XXIII, pope from 1958 – 1963, he convened the Second Vatican Council in 1962 and is known as “the good...
From on high: A rare glimpse from the top of St Peter’s baldachin
By Justin McLellan, CNS – More than two dozen popes have celebrated Mass under the giant canopy that rises over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica,...
St Daniel Comboni
Today is the Feast of St Daniel Comboni, founder of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and the Comboni Missionary Sisters. He is remembered for...
Statistically speaking: How Pope’s Choices Change College of Cardinals
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Popes have made a habit of exceeding the statutory limit on the number of cardinals under the age of 80, but Pope...
Smartphones Swapped for Dumbphones at Holy Rosary School!
During Lent, Grade 1-7 pupils at Holy Rosary School for Girls in Edenvale, Johannesburg, participated in a 40-day smartphone-free challenge, a first in South Africa. The school...
Neocatechumenal Way Pilgrimage to Bl Benedict Daswa Shrine
By Pietro Poggiali – The young people of the Neocatechumenal Way who embarked on a pilgrimage to the tomb of Blessed Benedict Daswa returned enriched by their experiences....
In second week, synod to discuss authority in the church
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Members of the Synod of Bishops have begun looking for ways to make relationships within the Catholic Church “more transparent and more...
Mass Readings: 13 October – 20 October, 2024
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year II Sunday October 13, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 7: 7-11/ Ps 90: 12-13. 14-15. 16-17 (14)/ Heb...
