Cardinal Fernández updates synod on study group focusing on women’s roles
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at...
October 2024
Krakow: Where St John Paul II is Everywhere
Few countries in the world are more Catholic than Poland, and nowhere is Poland more Catholic than in the region...
St John Paul II
Today is the Feast of St John Paul II, pope from 1978-2005, the 3rd longest reigning pope in the history...
Saints Served Generously, Creatively, Pope says at Canonisation Mass
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as...
Apostolic Nuncio Presents Credentials to Lesotho’s King Letsie III
Archbishop Henryk Mieczyslaw Jagodzinski, the Apostolic Nuncio of South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia and eSwatini presented his credentials to Lesotho’s...
Archdiocese of Johannesburg hosts third annual leadership conference
By Kati Dijane – Over 600 parishioners from the Archdiocese of Johannesburg braved the hot weather to attend the third...
Bonum Commune Award for Sr Brigid Rose Tiernan SND
By Mark Potterton – Sr Brigid Rose Tiernan SND de Namur has been honoured with the Bonum Commune Award, the...
Pope Francis’ Message for World Mission Sunday
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Mission is tirelessly going out to all men and women to invite them with respect,...
Synodality takes time, members say, and tension is natural part of it
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Three weeks into the second session of the Synod of Bishops, journalists wanted to know...
