Mass Readings: 26 July – 2 August, 2020
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday July 26, 17th Sunday of the Year 1 Kings 3:5,...
July 2020
Vatican Agrees Ireland Should Rebury Babies Found In Mass Grave
By Michael Kelly – The Vatican ambassador to Ireland has backed a campaign to have the government rebury the remains of...
Fr Christopher Lockyer OMI Rest in Peace
Oblate Father Chris Lockyer died at 78 on July 14 at Nazareth House, Durban, after patiently enduring much suffering for...
Cardinal Pell, Describing Prison, Says He Knew ‘The Lord Was With Me’
By Michael Sainsbury – Australian Cardinal George Pell, 79, a former senior adviser to Pope Francis, has broken his silence two...
From Our Vaults 51 Years Ago: July 23, 1969
Pope hails moon landing Pope Paul VI has praised the first moon landing in what The Southern Cross calls a...
How Mary Magdalene The Apostle Was Slandered
For many centuries, Mary Magdalene was seen as the penitent prostitute in Luke’s Gospel. That view has changed only quite...
Catholic Actor Speaks About His Craft and Faith
One of South Africa’s best-known actors is a practising Catholic. Sello Motloung spoke to Daluxolo Moloantoa about acting and his...
Vatican Releases Guide On How Leaders Must Handle Abuse Allegations
By Carol Glatz – The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a 17-page document offering a step-by-step guide...
Fr Larry Kaufmann: What Lockup Taught Me for Lockdown
Back in 1986, Fr Larry Kaufmann CSsR was detained by the apartheid security police. That experience of lockup found echoes...
