A priest known for his work with the youth of Bethlehem diocese died after a collision with a bus. Fr Lerato Aaron Mokoena of Bethlehem, who had been a priest for just a year-and-half, died on January 15.
The Association of Catholic Tertiary Students (ACTS) will be offering assistance to first-year students as they enter universities for registration. This includes partnering with student representative councils (SRCs) to ensure the smooth running of the registrations processes.
Difficulties in embracing “Amoris Laetitia,” Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family, probably are tied to difficulties in accepting its new attitude and approach to providing pastoral care, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
A United States university will join up with South African bodies for an ecumenical conference on religion and racial justice in South Africa and the US.
The Eighth Commandment admonishes us not to bear false witness — but the sin of lying is becoming more and more easy to commit as our access to means of communications increases. When we spread fake news on social media, blogs or e-mail, we make ourselves complicit in the act of bearing false witness.
Church / Eucharist / Mass / Sacraments
The mystery of the Holy Mass lies solely in the Eucharist, the Eucharist being a commemoration of the Last Supper event, writes Joachim Anakwenze.
Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva gave general absolution to about 45 people in a deacon formation program in response to the alert of an imminent ballistic missile attack that put Hawaii in a state of panic shortly after 8 a.m. Jan. 13.
One of the main reason people leave the Church is because they are looking for man-made fulfilment when there is no solace there, SIPHO MTIMKULU argues. People have forgotten the real reason for the Church’s existence is Christ Jesus.
The first parish in South Africa had outbreaks of hostility between priests and some laity in the 1820s and ‘30s, as MARTIN KEENAN explains.
