Muslims Join Catholics at Mass After Sri Lanka Atrocity
A delegation of Muslims attended Mass in a Catholic cathedral to express their solidarity following the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks...
May 2019
Music Legends for Our Lady of Lebanon Festival
A Maronite parish in Johannesburg will feature South African music legends when it celebrates its 18th annual Family Festival on...
Seminaries Acutely Aware of Laity’s Rights
Fr Dennis C Ongansie,Oudtshoorn – In the wake of the Vatican summit on sexual abuse and amidst the flood of media...
In Search of the Historical Jesus
The study of the historical Jesus was the subject of a day-long workshop delivered by three leading biblical scholars. The...
Not Ruling on Apparitions, Pope Allows Pilgrimages to Medjugorje
By Cindy Wooden – Parishes and dioceses are now allowed to organise official pilgrimages to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, but it must be...
Priest’s prison book will rattle your conscience
LIGHT THROUGH THE BARS: Understanding And Rethinking South Africa’s Prisons, by Fr Babychan Arackathara. Burnet Media, 2019. 216pp. R220 Reviewed...
South African Bishops to New President: Focus on Jobs, Ending Corruption
By Bronwen Dachs – With general elections over, South Africa’s Catholic bishops urged the new president to focus on jobs for...
Pope Discusses Deaconesses, Need for Nuns to be Servants not ‘Maids’
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis told the heads of women’s religious orders from around the world they need to send...
Pope: Without Holy Spirit, Dioceses Can Become Worldly Businesses
By Junno Arocho Esteves – A diocese that cares more about being an organised workplace rather than announcing the good news...
