Pope: Liberate without violence
Pope Paul VI has urged Christians to become “liberators” of people suffering from famine, injustices and economic and cultural neo-colonialism, but warned them against using violence as a path to liberation.
Sisters in SA since 1925
Six Sisters of Charity who came from Belgium to South Africa in 1925 celebrated their golden jubilees at a Mass in Pietersburg [today Polokwane]. Benedictine Abbot Fulgence le Roy was the celebrant.
Vatican: Seminary must close
The Vatican’s Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature has rejected an appeal by renegade Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre against an order by the Holy See to close his ultra-conservative seminary in Êcole, Switzerland. [Lefebvre would later be excommunicated and founded the schismatic Society of St Pius X.]
Editorial: Catechetical rights
The Synod of Bishops in September 1977 will discuss catechetics. Editor Mgr Donald de Beer writes that bishops and parents “have a right and responsibility to demand…that catechetical methods approved by the Church and applied in its schools and parishes will bring their children to a practical understanding of the whole of Catholic doctrine appropriate to their age and intelligence”.
Previous “From The Vaults” articles at https://www.scross.co.za/category/from-our-vaults/
- Mass Readings: 10 May – 17 May, 2026 - May 5, 2026
- A Change of Culture Needed: IMBISA Workshop on Disability - May 4, 2026
- A New Name, a Continued Mission: St Joseph’s Children’s Hospital - May 4, 2026
