2016

The Pope’s New Year

Pope Francis’ celebrated vespers on New Year’s Eve in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 31 after which he met people in St Peters Square and...

100 Most Read Bible Verses-9

    Deacon Lionel Cooper compiled the “100Scripture100” booklet for easy reference to the most loved and most quoted passages in the Bible – here we continue...

Mass Readings: 1 January – 8 January, 2017

Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday January 1, Mary, Mother of God Numbers 6:22-27, Psalms 67:2-3, 5-6, 8, Galatians 4:4-7, Luke 2:16-21 Monday...

Rampant Consumerism: We Need to Worry

Rampant consumerism and greed will lead to our downfall, so we should fix our gaze on the newborn Saviour in Bethlehem, argues BISHOP ARTHUR SERRATELLI. In a...

Exhuming Father Augustus Tolton

On the morning of Dec. 10 in a cemetery in Quincy, Father Augustus Tolton’s cause for canonisation took one step further as his remains were exhumed and...