This Was Pope Francis’ 2019
By Cindy Wooden – For Pope Francis, 2019 included his sixth anniversary as pope, his 83rd birthday and his 50th anniversary as a priest, but it was also...
By Cindy Wooden – For Pope Francis, 2019 included his sixth anniversary as pope, his 83rd birthday and his 50th anniversary as a priest, but it was also...
Church / Church History / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 31, 2019 · Last modified December 20, 2019
It was a year in which Church leaders talked tough on abuse, the pope visited our neighbourhood, South Africa was rocked by violence against women and foreign...
Christian Living / Church / Erin Carelse
by Erin Carelse · Published December 31, 2019 · Last modified December 22, 2019
It looks like 2020 will be a generally tough and difficult year with Eskom’s crisis, the ongoing state capture investigations, and South Africa’s economic challenges, but there...
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 “in peace, peace in their hearts,” and that families would mark...
By Dennis Sadowski – Members of St. Anne Parish in Cow Island, Louisiana, gave their neighbours a Christmas blessing from the heavens, so to speak. Working with a...
By Mark Pattison – If experience can’t prove it, data scraping will: Catholic sermons are shorter than their Protestant counterparts. According to an analysis of 50,000 sermons...
In his latest document, Pope Francis reflected on the Nativity scene. (Photo: Andreas Böhme) December is almost over and we have gone from preparation mode to the peace...
Christmas / Nthabiseng Maphisa
by Nthabiseng Maphisa · Published December 30, 2019 · Last modified December 20, 2019
It’s that time of the year again. There has been overeating and overshopping. The malls were filled with children and teenagers. There was the clamour of trolleys...
As the Holy Family once were migrants, so are many of those in our midst this Christmas. DALUXOLO MOLOANTOA explains how the Catholic Church aids migrants...
Every year we issue our prayer intentions for the coming year. Usually, we include both local and global issues, but this past year has thrown up...
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