A Disunited Front
As we approach Freedom Day, South Africans may well survey the calibre of our political leadership — and descend into despair. The African National Congress has long...
April 2017
Women Deacons: An Ongoing Debate
Almost a year ago, Pope Francis was asked if he would establish an official commission to study the question of whether women could be admitted to the...
Pope Tells Priests How To Handle ‘Irregular Unions”
Reaching out to and guiding couples in cohabitation with tenderness and compassion is essential to promoting and defending the sanctity of marriage, Pope Francis said. Couples who...
Carthusian Monk: The Cross is Steady While the World is Turning
The Astonishing Truth about the Cross Jesus came to the world not just to teach, but to radically change human hearts that have hardened from sin, the...
Vatican Releases Itinerary for Papal Trip to Egypt
Pope Francis will meet with the leader of one of the world’s leading Sunni Muslim institutions, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church and representatives of the...
Mass Readings: 23 April – 30 April, 2017
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday April 23, 2nd Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-47, Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24, 1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31...
Restrictions on Religion Around World Once Again on the Rise
A new study issued by the Pew Research Centre shows that restrictions on religion around the world, both by governments and their citizens, are once again...
A Resurrected Vision for our Suffering Sick World
US-based Tony Magliano says the world still feels like Good Friday, even after the Resurrection – But God offers the whole world the gift of peace…his grace...
Ok, What’s Going On In the Philippines?
An interfaith delegation from the Philippines raised concerns over drug-related killings during a meeting with the special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings at the United Nations. “We have...
