When it comes to happiness, there’s no app for that
Happiness “is not an ‘app’ that you can download on your phones nor will the latest update help you become free and great in loving,” Pope Francis...
April 2016
Pope Francis: Dive into World’s Problems
Dive into the world’s problems with courage and help people turn their lives of desolation into abundance and hope, Pope Francis said. “You must take life as it...
Mass Readings: 1 May – 8 May, 2016
Liturgical Calendar Year C, Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday May 1, 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 15:1-2, 22-29, Psalms 67:2-3, 5-6, 8, Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23, John 14:23-29...
Pope Francis: Clericalism is a Danger to the Catholic Church
Clericalism is a danger not only because on a practical level it undermines the role of laity in society, but because theologically it “tends to diminish and...
We’re Getting the Responsorial Psalm All Wrong
From John Lee, Johannesburg – In many parishes in the country, the incorrect practice of reading the responsorial psalm together by the entire assembly takes place regularly. Psalms are...
The ‘Living Stones’ of the Holy Land
In the sixth part of his series on the Pilgrimage of the Peacemakers, GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks at the situation of the Christians of the Holy Land –...
How is a Bishop Selected?
How is a bishop selected in South Africa? What is the process involved and by whom is he selected? What qualifications should the candidate have? What are...
How the Eucharist Liberates Us
Continuing from last month’s discussion of the Eucharist as a real encounter with Jesus, let us reflect on three other dimensions of the sacrament. The connection with...
Redeeming Our Sexuality
During the Easter season we rejoice in Christ’s glorified body. In his Resurrection, we are also glorified. The body of Jesus is no longer rooted in time and...
Amoris Laetitia – Time For Us To Grow Up!
What is striking, and refreshing, about Pope Francis’ new document Amoris Laetitia is not its originality — there is no dramatic change in Church teaching on the...
