Water, Blood and Fire
By Ralph de Hahn – Many great beginnings have insignificant endings; they just fade into the twilight of life. On the...
April 2024
Pope pleads for military restraint in the Middle East
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The morning after Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel, Pope Francis pleaded...
Are the Dead Aware of the Living?
Question: As a longtime practising Catholic, I would like to know whether the church has a position on whether those...
Father John Allen Green, Rest in Peace
Franciscan Father John Allen Green has died aged 72. Fr Green wrote our Sunday reflections online since 2018 and in...
Pope turns Rome catechism class into ‘school of prayer’
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis took over the catechism classes at St. John Vianney parish on the far...
Pope plans to travel to Asia in September, Vatican confirms
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis is planning to make the longest trip of his papacy in September, visiting...
Pallottine Sisters’ First 100 years in South Africa
In 1923, the first six Pallottine Sisters arrived in South Africa. Ronell Petersen tells their story. In 1922, Bishop Franziskus...
Peace Be with You! Third Sunday of Easter
Sermon By Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Third Easter of Sunday – Year B Sermon and Christian Act In The Word Theme:...
‘Patriarch of the West’ reappears as papal title in Vatican yearbook
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The 2024 edition of the Vatican yearbook has inserted “Patriarch of the West” as one...
