What’s Needed for Lay Spirituality
All Catholics are called to be missionaries, but for lay people to evangelise well, they must be spiritually equipped, suggests Fr Ralph De Hahn. All baptised Christians share the consecrated life in Christ and...
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Jesus Makes a Case for Priestly Celibacy
In the Cleansing of the Temple, Jesus quoted a passage from Isaiah 56:7, namely: “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples” (Mk 11:17). The American theologian Brant Pitre reflected on...
Cardinal Napier Hails Pope’s ‘Genius’
Staff Reporter & Cindy Wooden – Cardinal Wilfrid Napier has hailed Pope Francis’ genius in following the two synods of bishops on the family with the current one on youth. The cardinal-archbishop of Durban said...
Be Honest in Your Parish
With all that the Church has gone through in the last few tumultuous months, we might well ask: What is the mission of the Church? With the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report, the Church has...
Mary as Mother and Advocate
Fr Sekabata Solomon Mphela OFM, Johannesburg – The feast of St Francis falls in October during the month of the rosary, and I have often wondered, who was the Blessed Virgin Mary for St...
No Stopwatch When Praying!
Tom Drake, Johannesburg – Different folks, different strokes! I have always had a problem with set prayers rattled off in community, or perhaps even on one’s own. It seems to me that prayer is,...
Why I Won’t Vote With My Feet
Cecil Cullen, Johannesburg – Reflecting on the sex abuse scandals, we humans are called to worship our God, and being a Catholic I try to do so in accordance with the Church’s requirements. The...
Hypocrisy is a Leaven Impeding Spiritual Growth
The Inward Growing Leaven Hypocrisy is the leaven that causes men and women to be self-centered and indifferent to the world around them, Pope Francis said. “This leaven is dangerous,” the pope said in...
Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
Aid agencies and Catholic officials are sounding the alarm on Yemen’s spiraling humanitarian crisis, calling on the combatants to end the war and make badly need assistance available. Yemen is facing the largest humanitarian...
The Beautiful Abbot Pfanner Trappist Trail
A group of hiking pilgrims completed the Abbot Pfanner Trappist Trail in KwaZulu-Natal. BARBARA MASON was in that group and recorded her experience. Our group of pilgrims set off from Mariannhill Monastery in Pinetown,...
Young Christian Students Movement Give Up Their Phones in Solidarity!
Members of the Young Christian Students (YCS) movement attending a workshop gave up using their cellphones for three days to show solidarity with the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Wars in the...
90 Years for Sister Maria Ignacio Adams
The Capuchin Poor Clares in Swellendam, Western Cape, celebrated the 90th birthday of Sr Maria Ignacio Adams (centre). At a Mass celebrated by Fr Edward Alkaster, the Sisters gave thanks “for the gift Sr...
Our Missionary Mandate
On Mission Sunday we recall with gratitude the great legacy of priests and religious who over the past 150 years left their home countries to bring the Good News to our region. Even today,...
