Pope says he goes to confession every two weeks
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis said he goes to confession every two weeks, knowing...
November 2013
The Southern Cross Time Capsule- 8 December 1949/ 9 December 1996
Nuns prefer dispersal to Red Rule – 1949 Rather than submit to the Communist Government directive to retire...
SA Church sometimes slow to help
By Magda Kus, Cape Town When natural disasters or shack fires have struck in the past, I often felt it...
Hearing the laity
The idea that Pope Francis and the Vatican advocated canvassing the views of the faithful on issues such as same-sex...
Video: Catholic pilgrimage to Ireland
When you think of religious pilgrimage, the Holy Land comes to mind, or perhaps the Vatican. But there’s another pilgrimage...
Is there hope for divorced Catholics
As a divorced and happily remarried Catholic, I know I may not receive Communion. I have discussed this with a...
The remarkable story of a Xhosa giant
Tiyo Soga’s 19th century hymn, “Lizalis’ Idinga Lakho” (Fulfill Your Promise) has been having a revival through the melodic singing...
Philippine typhoon devastation ‘unimaginable’
By Simone Orendain MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — The devastation brought on by Super Typhoon Haiyan is on a scale so...
Mass Readings November 17-24, 2013
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, November 17, 33rd Sunday Malachi 3:19-20, Psalm 98:5-9, 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12,...
