40 Years of Priesthood for Cardinal Stephen Brislin
Cardinal Stephen Brislin celebrated 40 years of ordination on November 19. Chancery staff at the Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town and The Southern Cross congratulated him. Bishop...
November 2023
Making Abortion Unthinkable
Think of a newborn baby. In your mind’s eye marvel at the beauty, the complexity, the mystery of this tiny human being. And consider that this baby...
Catholics must not join Masonic groups, membership remains serious sin
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Catholics are still forbidden from joining Masonic organisations and, with an increasing number of Catholics joining Masonic lodges in the Philippines, the...
33rd Sunday Reflection: Love comes to those who have Love already
Franciscan Reflections From The Hermitage – 33rd Sunday In Ordinary Time – Year A – Love comes to those who have Love already – Univocality Of Love – (Matthew...
Honouring the dead: Vatican Museums expand access to necropolis
By Cindy Wooden, CNS — In the month Catholics traditionally honour the dead, the Vatican Museums opened a new entrance to an ancient necropolis where carved marble...
Hope: A Leper Showed Us The Way
By Deacon Walter Middleton – There is a new kind of leprosy spreading; a disease that is difficult to diagnose because it affects the mind rather than...
Pope: This is the right moment’ to share Gospel joy
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Often enough, the first people who need to be evangelised are Christians themselves, Pope Francis said. “A Christian who is discontented, sad,...
Parents teach Christian values best by example, pope says
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The only way for parents to teach their children the beauty and importance of marriage and of accepting children as a gift...
Pope: Shrines should be places of ‘superabundant’ mercy
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Catholic shrines must be extra careful in selecting priests to hear confessions because the faithful visiting a shrine in search of God’s...
Mass Readings: 19 November – 26 November, 2023
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday November 19, 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Prv 31:10-13. 19-20. 30-31/ Ps 128:1-2. 3. 4-5/ 1 Thes...
