Pope: We Need to Change Hearts, not Just Books, to Improve Liturgy
The sacred liturgy is meant to help the people of God conform their heart, mind and actions more closely to...
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US Bishop Thomas Olmsted urges families to form deeper relationship with Christ
Fathers and mothers have the ability and responsibility to lead their families to holiness, wrote Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted...
Pope: To ignore Trafficking is to be Complicit in the Crime
To be indifferent to or ignore human trafficking and modern-day slavery would be to become an accomplice to those...
Rachel’s Vineyard – Help After Abortion Trauma
Retreats are being offered in Cape Town and Johannesburg for anyone who has been affected by the trauma of abortion....
Neverending: Now it’s Nuns Stealing
Mickey Roberts, Cape Town – What I have learnt from the sexual abuse cases in the Catholic Church, and in...
Fourth Sunday of the Year Reflection
Leslie J Hoppe, OFM – Catholic Theological Union – https://ctu.edu/ The convergence of these three readings is serendipitous. The text...
International Study Suggests Religious People are Happier
Charles Schulz, in his “Peanuts” comic strip, coined the adage, “Happiness is a warm puppy.” However, the results of a...
Pope Francis: Optional Celibacy for Priests “Not a Good Idea”
Many people were surprised when Pope Francis told reporters flying with him from Panama that he did not think optional...
Pope: Priests Must Be Men of Joy
A priest must be able to see the people around him as his children, as brothers and sisters, and must...
