Bernard Moat, Cape Town – After reading your article in the archdiocesan quarterly bulletin about the financial plight of The Southern Cross, my offer of a solution is to double your circulation with no...
By Cindy Wooden – The first week of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon saw support for the priestly ordination of married indigenous men, impassioned pleas for respect for indigenous culture and denunciations of...
Father Pieter van Heeswijk of Durban died on September 8 at 91. Petrus (Pieter) Johannes Josephus van Heeswijk was born on September 3, 1928, in the Netherlands. After his philosophical and theological studies, he...
Bible / Catechesis / Christian Living / Church / Church Teaching / Erin Carelse / Scripture
by Erin Carelse · Published October 15, 2019 · Last modified October 14, 2019
BY ERIN CARELSE & CAROL GLATZ – The head of South Africa’s Catholic Bible Foundation (CBF) is delighted that Pope Francis has declared the third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be dedicated to the...
Christian Living / Church / Love
by Admin · Published October 15, 2019 · Last modified October 16, 2019
By Lionel Flynn – Life is full of challenges. From sunrise to sunset I find myself challenged by my friends and family, by my colleagues and even by my priest. In as much as...
Christian Unity / Church / Ecumenical dialogue / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published October 15, 2019
When he announced the convening of the Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII proclaimed that he wanted “to open the windows and doors of the Church so that we can look out and others...
Patrick Dowling, Cape Town – This is a call to all South African Catholics to respond as purposefully as they can to the global climate crisis that threatens creation. Following thoughts expressed in his...
While on an extended holiday in Ireland, Archbishop Emeritus William Slattery of Pretoria told that country’s national Catholic newspaper about his experiences during apartheid, and gave the Church in the country of his birth...
By Cindy Wooden – Saints are people who recognised their need for God’s help, who took risks to discover God’s will and to help others and who nurtured a habit of thanksgiving, Pope Francis said....
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, SAINT – Pope Francis canonised St. John Henry Newman and four holy women at a Mass in St. Peter’s Square More Stories: Beloved Friar Known for Cures and Wise Counsel to...
The ecumenical Taizé Pilgrimage of Trust 2019 brought together thousands of pilgrims, from South Africa and inter-nationally, at a Catholic school in Cape Town. ERIN CARELSE reports from the event. Amid the youthful exuberance...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Synod members called for the Catholic Church to deepen its theology in a way that would help people recognise “ecological sins.” According to a Vatican News summary of the afternoon...
By Barbara J. Fraser – By demanding respect for the cultures of indigenous peoples, Pope Francis was not promoting pantheism, but – tapping into his Jesuit roots – urging respect for a worldview that sees...
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