June 2015

Pray with the Pope – July 2015

  General Intention: That political responsibility may be lived at all levels as a high form of charity. Missionary Intention: That, amid social inequalities, Latin American Christians...

To be Human, Christians, Saints

BY PHIWOKUHLE SIYABONGA XULU Almost 200 years since the formation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, I can attest to their work in South Africa because I...

Mass Readings: June 28-July 5, 2015

Liturgical Calendar Year B, Weekdays Cycle Year 1 13th Week, Ordinary time Sunday June 28 Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24, Psalms 30:2, 4-6, 11-13, 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15,...

Pope: Some Wounds Last for Life

By Laura Ieraci, Catholic News Service The deep hurts that spouses inflict on each other cause great suffering to their children and, in some cases, lead to...

Stewardship of Nature is the Issue

From Deacon Tony de Freitas PhD,  Durban I refer to your article “Speaker: animals, plants have rights” (June 3). This is a much-debated topic among many environmentalist and...

The Costs of Training our Priesthood

Recently a Southern Cross story discussed the financial cost of training priests. A group of seminarians from St Francis Xavier Orientation Seminary in Cape Town joined forces...