Don’t Follow a Cosmetic Religion
Like the Pharisees of old, Christians can fall into the temptation of following a “cosmetic religion” that seeks to keep...
October 2016
Priest to donate $250k winnings from ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’
A priest from West Virginia recently won a quarter of a million dollars on the trivia TV show Who Wants...
Beware the Leaven of Hypocrisy that Deceives and Judges Others
Be trustworthy, transparent and truthful, not a “spiritual schizophrenic” who says one thing and does something else, Pope Francis said....
Pope sends emergency funding to hurricane victims in Haiti
As a sign of his closeness and concern, Pope Francis sent aid money to hurricane-stricken Haiti. An initial donation of...
Pope Francis, Pope Benedict and Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew
Defending religious freedom, fighting indifference to attacks on human dignity and promoting care of creation are obligations that Orthodox and...
Did You Remember World Food Day?
Yep, us neither – but it does bring home some sobering truths. Particularly as climate change threatens food production, people...
Joy as 21 Chibok Girls are Released
Three Catholic leaders welcomed the release of some of the girls kidnapped in 2014 from a school in Chibok and...
Tall Order: ‘You cannot be a Christian without practising the Beatitudes’
Meeting a pilgrimage of Catholics and Lutherans from Germany, Pope Francis said he does not like “the contradiction of those...
Your Grace, I Remember You as an Altar Boy!
From Luky Whittle, Kroonstad – The 5000th Southern Cross allowed me to ponder on my long connection with what your...
