Relics help us to find Jesus
By Mark Pattison Is the Shroud of Turin real, as many Catholics believe? Or is it a product of the...
March 2015
Don’t be bitter; offer world your wisdom, pope tells seniors
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service Don’t pack it in or shift into cruise control, Pope Francis told his fellow...
Priest’s works are Monuments to Love
From Winnie Graham, Cape Town The recent death of Fr Charles Kuppelwieser brought to mind an unusual sight for a...
The Council for Laity
The plan by the bishops of Southern Africa to establish a Council for the Laity must be commended. The bishops...
St John XXIII’s Church in Istanbul
The basilica of St Anthony of Padua is the biggest Catholic church in Istanbul. GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER writes about the basilica where...
Are Mass Stipends a form of Simony?
Our archdiocese recently increased the stipend from R20 to R40 for a Mass intention. Please explain why we are asked...
Live up to Jesus’ ‘Dangerous Memory’
The slogan of the Year for the Consecrated Life is Wake up the World. Bishop BARRY WOOD OMI explains why...
Land: Government can learn from the Church
About two years ago, while still working full-time in the field of social justice and civil society, my employer —...
Meet a New Day in Lent
There’s beauty in the silence of a dawning day. Beauty on the rising of a freshly minted sun. Beauty in...
