Vincentians: Charity is at the Heart of the Church
400 Years of Vincentian Order: Vincent de Paul’s zeal for helping the poor was the instrument God used to bring about a “burst of generosity in the church,”.
400 Years of Vincentian Order: Vincent de Paul’s zeal for helping the poor was the instrument God used to bring about a “burst of generosity in the church,”.
Kelvin Banda OP – In many churches, congregations sing the hymn “Africa Will Be Saved” — and as the African continent laments countless tragedies, problems and forms of suffering which affect the everyday lives of people, it sounds good to sing that Africa will be saved.
Humbly and openly sharing the “wounds” and shortcomings of the church might bring those who are alienated back to the practice of the faith.
Sacred Heart Novices Five novices of the Sacred Heart Priests Order, made their first religious professions at Sacred Heart parish...
Pope Francis has endorsed an approach of “zero tolerance” toward all members of the church guilty of sexually abusing minors or vulnerable adults. The pope said he has decided whoever has been proven guilty of abuse has no right to an appeal, and he will never grant a papal pardon – meaning that the offending priest or bishop will be laicised or similar.
The pope’s interview covers sin, marriage, the Church, war, women and himself. Carol Glatz gives us the highlights.
People should hope, love, believe and follow their dreams, never despairing because Jesus is always with them, Pope Francis said.
While many commentators in the west see Russian President Vladimir Putin as an authoritarian leader who tirelessly plots to revive a Soviet-sized empire, others celebrate Putin as an Eastern Orthodox czar, warring with the forces of the Antichrist in an apocalyptic struggle for the soul of Christian civilisation.
The Vatican has approved a decision from the Catholic bishops in England and Wales to move two Holy Days of Obligation back to their original dates.