Pope: Fight Scandal by Giving Witness to the Gospel
Members of the Catholic Church sin and give scandal, it’s true, Pope Francis said, but it is up to each...
August 2018
Foundation Supports Orphanage After Funding is Withdrawn
Manny de Freitas, a parliamentarian and founder of the De Freitas Foundation, said Angel Care Home in Germiston had been turned away by government when it applied for a subsidy and is thus completely dependent on private funding.
Parishes to get Free Health Screenings in Pilot Project
THE Catholic Health Care Association of Southern Africa (CATHCA) is offering free medical screenings at five parishes in a pilot project. The checks, over the next two months, will be for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and high blood pressure, and also conditions such as cataracts, among others.
Praying for Peace at the Pentagon
Every Monday morning for the past 30 years, members of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker community in Washington, D.C. have...
What World Youth Day Did For Me
By Runaine Radine – In January 2019 Pope Francis will travel to Panama to attend his third World Youth Day...
Catholic Firefighter Ready to Race for the Poor
Catholic firefighter Sipho Mataka will be running the Mandela Marathon on August 26 to raise money for the Denis Hurley...
Of Credit Cards and Other Curses
I remember the first time I felt rich. I was 11 years old and had found myself with R50 to...
First Communions at St Peter Claver in Soweto!
St Peter Claver parish in Pimville, Soweto, celebrated the First Communion of young members during a Mass said by parish...
Top-rated Pope Film Won’t Be Screened in SA
A critically acclaimed documentary about Pope Francis by award-winning director Wim Wenders will not go on circuit in South African, or any African, cinemas anytime soon. The feature-length documentary Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word, which was lauded by film critics worldwide, will not come to Africa because the international distributors have no plans at present of bringing it to the continent with the world’s fastest-rising Catholic population.
