Must the Afflicted Fast in Lent?
What about invalids and the physically challenged who live with pain and hardship? Are they bound to observe the Lenten...
Easter
How We Can Serve the Church in Lent
The annual Lenten Appeal is an institution in the Southern African Catholic Church. Fr Hugh O’Connor explains why it is so...
Pope: Lenten journeys require effort, sacrifice, focusing on God
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Tradition is a source of inspiration for seeking out new paths to take with Jesus...
Ash Wednesday Prayer
Prayer for the observance of Ash Wednesday, the penitential day that begins the season of Lent
Mass Readings: 19 February – 26 February, 2023
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday February 19, 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Lv 19:1-2. 17-18/...
Catholic Bavaria and the Passion Play
The Catholic faith is still everywhere in Bavaria, as Southern Cross pilgrims to the Oberammergau Passion Play saw. Günther Simmermacher...
Oberammergau of Africa
Seventy years ago, Durban staged its first Passion Play, based on the famous version of Oberammergau in Germany. With a...
Pope tells patriarch Catholics are ready for a common Easter date
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Meeting the patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Pope Francis expressed his hope...
Interview with “Jesus”
On May 14, the famous Oberammergau Passion Play begins its 2022 season. Günther Simmermacher spoke to one of the two actors...
