Open up the Church Doors
In a jubilee year, the pope opens the Holy Doors in Rome – a powerful symbol of admitting all the...
November 2015
Archbishop Hurley’s Presence was Felt Everywhere
The Church in Durban celebrated the centenary of the birth of Archbishop Denis Hurley in great style. GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER shares...
Freelancing the religious life: An ‘urban hermit’ tells her story
By Robert Duncan, Catholic News Service Julia Bolton Holloway, a Dante scholar with a doctorate in medieval studies, lives among...
Christian Conversion sets a Man Free
During the recent U.S. Catholic bishops’ assembly in Baltimore, several bishops and one abbot decided to skip dinner at the...
Mass Readings: 22-29 November, 2015
Liturgical Calendar Year B, Weekdays Cycle Year 1 34th Week, Ordinary time Mass Readings Sunday November 22, Christ the King...
Pope: Keep the Doors Open!
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Because God always keeps open the door of his mercy and offer of salvation...
Doctor: People should know environmental causes of illness
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service Patients have a right to a diagnosis that includes the possible causes of their...
ISIS captive priest says he carried cross of Jesus
By Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service When a man dressed head-to-toe in black entered the room where Father Jacques...
Legalism Breeds Lifeless Belief
From John Lee John Lee, Johannesburg Father Ron Rolheiser’s excellent article “Let holiness be hot-blooded” (October 14) refers. Many non-Christians seem...
