Vatican: Baptisms That Use A Modified Formula Are Not Valid
By Carol Glatz – Changing the words of the formula for baptism render the sacrament invalid, said the Congregation for the...
2020
Pope 75 Years After Atomic Bomb: Drop Weapons For Peace
By Carol Glatz – For peace to flourish, weapons of war must be set aside, especially nuclear weapons that can obliterate...
19th Sunday Reflection
Genesis, bringing order out of the chaos, and a call for us to remember, to return to our vocation, to...
Mass Readings: 9 August – 16 August, 2020
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday August 9, 19th Sunday of the Year 1 Kings 19:9,...
Pope Names Six Women To Previously All-Male Council For Economy
By Cindy Wooden – Renewing the membership of the Vatican Council for the Economy, Pope Francis named six women to the...
Fr Ralph de Hahn: What the Transfiguration Means
On August 6, the Church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration, the event when Jesus was transfigured, his face shining...
Fr Bernhard Johannes Albers OMI, Rest in Peace
Oblate Father Bernhard Albers passed away in the early hours of July 15 at Lady Selbourne in Claremont, Pretoria, at...
Poetry: Blue Cranes
Blue Cranes A poem by Southern Cross director Sydney Duval, Oliviershoek 1966 Blue cranes fill a broken field With heartbeats...
Be Thankful for Feeling…Sheepish
Television commercials are so much a part of our daily lives that we hardly notice them most of the time....
