While many commentators in the west see Russian President Vladimir Putin as an authoritarian leader who tirelessly plots to revive a Soviet-sized empire, others celebrate Putin as an Eastern Orthodox czar, warring with the forces of the Antichrist in an apocalyptic struggle for the soul of Christian civilisation.
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, September 24, 25th Sunday of the Year Isaiah 55:6-9, Psalms...
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A six-year-old Catholic school pupil in Grade 1 is the master of four languages at Grade 5 level! Keith Mashiane, learner at St Anthony’s Primary School in Heathfield, Cape Town, has a natural affinity for reading and languages, enabling him to fluently speak and read four languages at Grade 5 level: Sepedi, English, Afrikaans and Zulu
The “Re-formation, Whose history? Voices from the South” conference is on September 29 – Oct 1 at Koinonia Centre in Johannesburg – so get cracking and register.
The Vatican has approved a decision from the Catholic bishops in England and Wales to move two Holy Days of Obligation back to their original dates.
Catholic-Lutheran ecumenical efforts have borne fruit over the past 50 years – so says “1517-2017: Lutherans and Catholics: Then and Now” conference.
With the International Day of Peace to be celebrated worldwide today (September 21), it’s urgent that we reflect on praying for peace.
Julia Beacroft asks: If Jesus were to appear on our screens today as a chat-show guest, would you follow my son’s example and enthusiastically shout: “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!”?
