What Mary Pondered at the Cross
As Mary stood at the foot of the cross, she will have thought of how the prophecies of Scripture led up to this moment, as FR RALPH DE HAHN explains. We are deeply indebted...
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Fr Michael Brady SMA Rest in Peace
Society of African Missionaries Father Michael Brady of Limpopo died on February 17 at the age of 76, after a long illness. Born in Castlebar in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1942, he responded to...
Pope: God’s Glory is Shown on the Cross
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The glory of God is not manifested with fanfare and applause but displayed through the love of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, Pope Francis said. “True glory is the glory...
Good Shepherd Centre a Model for All
A centre run by the Good Shepherd Sisters in Madidi, North West Province, was declared the best-practice model of integration of services by the provincial department of social development’s HIV/Aids directorate. Since its inception...
Fr Wandile Sosibo Chagwe Ordained!
Newly-ordained Durban priest Fr Wandile Sosibo Chagwe is pictured with Clementia Gambushe. As a seminarian, Fr Chagwe was supported throughout his studies by the Catholic Women’s League of Woodlands parish. He was ordained at...
Archbishop Abel Gabuza: New Graduates be the ‘Light of the World’
BY KATLEHO MOHANOE – South Africa’s bishops are depending on the country’s priests to help implement their new pastoral plan, to be released this year, according to the coadjutor archbishop of Durban. Addressing the...
Suicide: Time to Debunk the Myths
Suicide is still shrouded in myths, fallacies, misconceptions and misunderstandings — and they need to be debunked, writes DAVID CAPEL from personal experience in this tragic form of death. Eight years ago my girlfriend...
Pope to Wash Prisoners’ Feet
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis will celebrate Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper with prisoners in Velletri, about 58km south of Rome. The pope will celebrate the Mass and the foot-washing ritual at...
Hope from the Ashes: President, Archbishop Vow to Rebuild Notre Dame
By Cindy Wooden – The president of France and the archbishop of Paris have vowed to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire, continuing what a professor of architecture described as the...
Notre Dame Cathedral Fire: Cause Unknown
The Catholic Church in Southern Africa has said that now that the fire that threatened to destroy the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris has been extinguished, “may the faith of the French Catholic...
Catholic Social Teaching: Why Church Cares about Economics
In 1993, Pope John Paul II set up a foundation to promote dialogue between Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and the social sciences, and to promote the Church’s social doctrine. The Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice...
What Pope’s Document on Youth Says
By Cindy Wooden – The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in...
