Pope: God doesn’t condemn sinners; he weeps, waits for their conversion
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service God loves his children so much that he does not condemn them – he weeps when they stray, commit evil or...
October 2015
Mass Readings: November 1-8, 2015
Liturgical Calendar Year B, Weekdays Cycle Year 1 31st Week, Ordinary time Sunday November 1, All Saints Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14, Psalms 24:1-6, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12...
Hospice Patients can Teach us to Face Death, Doctor says
By Maria Wiering, Catholic News Service The world’s skittishness about death is not lost on Dr. Wayne Thalhuber, a retired longtime hospice doctor.
Pope Francis: All Believers Work Together
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service The world expects all people of religious faith to work with everyone for a better future, Pope Francis told representatives of...
Why Would Someone Choose to be Ridiculed?
From Cindy Quantoi, Port Elizabeth Do some people really think LBGT people decide or choose to be how they are?
Fruits of a Synod
GUEST EDITORIAL BY FR RUSSELL POLLITT After three weeks of intense work at the Synod of Bishops on the Family, no significant changes to Church discipline or...
The Rich Benefits of Meditation
I recently had the opportunity to attend a workshop on meditation at the Christian Brothers Centre in Stellenbosch. It was a double experience of sheer privilege. ...
Mass Readings: 25 October-1 November, 2015
Liturgical Calendar Year B, Weekdays Cycle Year 1 30th Week, Ordinary time Sunday October 25, 30th Sunday of the Year Jeremiah 31:7-9, Psalms 126, Hebrews 5:1-6, Mark...
50 Years since the Church embraced Jews
BY SR MARIE ANDRÉ MITCHELL SND On October 28 the Church will mark the 50th anniversary of the document that broke new ground in interfaith relations: Nostra...
To Meet the Angel of Death
One of my favourite semi-liturgical times of the year is the month of November, the month of the Holy Souls.
