Bishop Francis and Women
It has been nine months plus since Pope Francis was elected. He has made some encouraging statements about women in...
January 2014
Video: Fr Marius Zerafa – a love of sacred art
In an adventure befitting a best-selling spy thriller, Dominican Fr. Marius Zerafa led a quest to recover a stolen Caravaggio...
Ntsikana, the first Xhosa Christian
The period of extreme dislocation from the Cape Frontier Wars, the nine wars between the Xhosa people and European settlers...
Hope in a time of desolation
Allow me to share an experience that happened just after the election of Pope Francis. The pope was celebrating a...
Listen to the Pope’s voice
BY GREGORY SOLIK When the 266th pope and successor of St Peter released his document Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of...
Mass Readings- January 12-19, 2014
Liturgical Calendar Year A Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday, January 12, Baptism of the Lord Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7, Psalm 29:1-4,...
Movie Reviews- Don Jon/ The Wolf of Wall Street
Don Jon By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service Wrongheaded values, a surfeit of obscene images and, above all, a contemptuous treatment...
Baptism gives strength to forgive enemies and love the poor, pope says
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Baptism isn’t just some formal ritual, it profoundly changes people,...
Deepening our relationship with Jesus
From Fr Kevin Reynolds, Pretoria Father Bonaventure Hinwood’s letter on the Annunciation being central to Christmas (December 25) certainly brings...
