Denis Hurley Centre’s annual interfaith ‘ifthaar’
The Denis Hurley Centre in Durban held its annual interfaith ‘ifthaar’, encouraging non-Muslims to spend one day during Ramadan fasting in solidarity and then breaking the fast...
April 2022
From Our Vaults 17 Years Ago: April 27, 2005
Previous “From The Vaults” articles and larger images at www.scross.co.za/vaults SA reactions to new pope Bishop Oswald Hirmer of Umtata [now Mthatha] has said that newly-elected Pope...
Pope Names Archbishop Laurent Ulrich to Head Paris Archdiocese
By CNS – Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Laurent Ulrich as the new archbishop of Paris, the Vatican announced on April 26. The diocese has been without...
Pope to Sri Lankan leaders: People need truth about 2019 Easter bombings
By Carol Glatz – Three years after multiple bombings killed more than 260 people on Easter and lingering questions remain about those behind the attacks, Pope Francis...
Pope Makes Appointments to Dicasteries for Development, Doctrine
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis formalised new appointments to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and named the new secretaries to the restructured Dicastery for...
Pope to Missionaries of Mercy: Be the Voice of God to All
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Those who are called to be missionaries of mercy are entrusted with the important task of being the face and the voice...
In message to Russian patriarch, pope prays for end of war in Ukraine
By CNS – In an Easter message to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Pope Francis prayed that the Holy Spirit would “transform our hearts and make...
Pope Francis’ Challenging Easter Message to the World
“Please, please, let us not get used to war! Let us all commit ourselves to imploring peace, from our balconies and in our streets! Peace!” Thus proclaimed...
Oberammergau’s Season of the Passion
The Bavarian village of Oberammergau performs the world’s most famous Passion Play, as it will this year — and only locals may take on roles. Günther Simmermacher...
Mass Readings: 24 April – 1 May, 2022
Liturgical Calendar Year C – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday April 24, Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5:12-16/ Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24/ Revelation 1:9-11, 12-13, 17-19/ John...
