Mass Readings: 16 April – 23 April, 2017
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday 16, Easter Sunday Acts 10:34, 37-43, Psalms 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23,...
April 2017
Extraordinary Peruvian Sculptors Carve Way of The Cross
A grim-faced Pontius Pilate stares straight ahead, while Jesus, bound with rope, stands beside him, head down. Jesus turns a...
This Week’s Issue
BLESSED EASTER FROM THE SOUTHERN CROSS » Easter Bunny fake news. Here’s the Good News » Three lessons from the...
We Need A Child-Centred South Africa
In the midst of the political muddle that is South Africa, we need to re-vision a defining ideal. Part of...
Pope: Love is the Engine Driving Hope on Life’s Bumpy Road
The cross, loving service and humble sacrifice are the only way to overcome evil and give hope to the world,...
Marian Shrine an Opulent Mistake
Clare Drew, Johannesburg – In the report “Archbishop turns sod for Jo’burg’s Marian Shrine” (March 8), Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of...
Easter Message from Our Bishops
Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat! We’ve had a tumultuous three weeks in South Africa and there are many concerns...
‘The Cross not just a shiny trinket’
The cross is a sign of God’s love for humankind and not just an emblem of Christianity or a piece...
Pope Paul’s Encyclical, King’s Speech – More Relevant than Ever
US-based Tony Magliano looks at two men whose love for the people is evidenced in their writings… Fifty years ago,...
