New Capuchin Friar for Cape Town
Br Jared Jamie of Corpus Christi parish in Wynberg, Cape Town, will make his first religious profession as a Capuchin Friar Minor
Br Jared Jamie of Corpus Christi parish in Wynberg, Cape Town, will make his first religious profession as a Capuchin Friar Minor
Patrick De Laroche, Parish Pastoral Council Chair, reflects on what makes a Church parish – and identifies what a healthy parish should look like.
The American Values Atlas, released by the Public Religion Research Institute, took note of the role religion plays in shaping trends in U.S. politics. The numbers may to some seem striking, but at the same time may provide confirmation of things long suspected.
Crisis / Pope Francis / Prayer
Pope Francis offered prayers for flood victims in Texas and Louisiana and in Nepal, India and Bangladesh.
A poll was taken to survey what people think the reasons for poverty are. The results split along religious lines in a surprising way.
The US renews its commitment to the protection of religious minority groups threatened by the Islamic State in the Middle East, according to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in the preface of the annual State Department report on international religious freedom.
A day after appealing for an end the violent persecution of the Rohingya people, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, the Vatican announced Pope Francis will visit the country in late November.
Catholic priests whose villages have been attacked have taken to Facebook to express outrage and appeal for help. One priest accused U.N. peacekeepers of “deliberately abandoning” his town and leaving parishioners to be murdered by rebels.
What is the Theology of the Body? It’s a theology of life penned by Pope John Paul II that gives...