This was the Synod
The primary purpose of the synod on the Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelisation or Synod...
November 2014
The pin is coming out of the grenade
Recently I attended a round-table discussion hosted by the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office. It was titled, “Parliament: Degraded or Re-invigorated?”.
Mass Readings – November 16-23, 2014
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday, November 16, 33rd Sunday Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31, Psalm 128:1-5,...
At audience, Pope calls for global defence of Christians facing persecution
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis condemned the “absurd violence” being used against Christians in several countries...
Communion for non-Catholics issue
Francis Boulle, Cape Town – Michael Shackleton’s column is always worth reading and the column Communion for non-Catholics? (October 1)...
Solidarity of Faiths
Recent reports from Pakistan of Christians being sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy, and even murdered for it, should...
Roadmap to praying rosary’s mysteries
THE LIVING ROSARY, by Bishop Hubert Bucher. Paulines Publications Africa, 2014. 88pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton No one wants to...
What of your Interior Life?
BY FR RALPH DE HAHN The ancient Jewish sect known as the Pharisees, the pious separated ones, were distinguished by...
Our Journey with Three Great Saints
In October a group of Southern Cross pilgrims, led by Bishop Joao Rodrigues of Tzaneen, returned from a pilgrimage to...
