SA Pupil Takes Bronze in Global Student Writing Competition
A Catholic school learner from Johannesburg was again placed in the top three of the senior section in the Queen’s Commonwealth Writing Competition.
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Father Stanley Rother – The ‘Ordinary Martyr’
Wearing a red and black traditional Guatemalan shirt that had belonged to martyred U.S. priest Father Stanley Rother, Ronald Arteaga traveled from his village of Santiago Atitlan to witness the beatification of the pastor he knew as “Padre Aplas.”
South Africa’s Catholic Church Heritage
The Catholic Chuch in South Africa has a rich history of suppression and opposition in South Africa – so from the first Mass said around 1487 till today when we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the South African Catholic Church – we also celebrate the lives of those who built the faith in SA.
Bishop defends Jesuit Father James Martin after Seminary Snub
A US bishop vigorously defended Jesuit Father James Martin when a prominent seminary cancelled an invitation it had extended to the well-known author
Mass Translations: Bishops Can Now Approve Them
A document released by Pope Francis that gives bishops’ conferences greater power in introducing liturgical texts will have no immediate impact on the current English missal but will facilitate the approval of translations into South Africa’s other languages, according to the bishop responsible for liturgy in Southern Africa.
St Augustine’s College Joins Elite Group of Catholic Universities
South Africa’s Catholic university, St Augustine College, has been invited by the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) to join an initiative that, through the Vatican’s new Department for Promoting Integral Human Development, will provide support to papal diplomacy on important global issues.
Sacred Heart Priest Novices
Sacred Heart Novices Five novices of the Sacred Heart Priests Order, made their first religious professions at Sacred Heart parish...
50 years of Israeli Occupation – Enough is Enough!
US columnist Tony Magliano gives us a background to the Israeli-Palestine conflict and the injustices that have been occurring for too many years.
Pope: Worst sin is doubting God waits for all sinners to convert
The worst sin of all is not trusting in God’s infinite love and not believing that God is always waiting for his sinning children to return to him, Pope Francis said.
