Papal Audience: Pray for One, Pray for All
By Junno Arocho Esteves – If Christians forget to remember in prayer people who are suffering, their prayer can become a superficial activity that feeds their ego rather...
Category: Catechesis
What Should I do about Distractions in Prayer?
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: I like to pray the Divine Office. When I am praying this or reading other prayers, if I am distracted, should I...
Catholic Q&A with Father Kenneth Doyle
Text of creed/ Jews and baptismal sponsors By Father Kenneth Doyle Q: My recollection is that the text of the Mass in English was rewritten about 20...
Vatican: Catechesis Is About A Relationship, Not Just Information
By Cindy Wooden – Teaching the faith is a work of evangelisation meant to lead people to a deeper relationship with Jesus and not just impart information, said...
There’s A Place For Film In Catechesis, Catholic Filmmakers Declare
By Mark Pattison – There is a time and a place for everything, but in catechesis, there should be time and a place for film, argued three...
I Imagine: The World of Evangelisation
By Fr Joseph Falkiner OP – All Christians have a joint mission to take to the world: evangelisation. Recent popes, including Pope Francis, have been trying for...
Parents’ Role In Sex Education
By Imelda Diouf – The conversation about comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) being taught in schools as part of life orientation, is getting louder and shriller and ever...
Umzimkulu Catechists Blessed by Bishop Stanislaw Dziuba!
Catechists in Umzimkulu diocese were honoured by Bishop Stanislaw Dziuba. Also present were spiritual advisor Fr Siyabonga Magcaba, Fr Mbekezeli Zamisa and Fr Emmanuel Mashiya, religious Sisters,...
Seminarian Prays and Preaches With Paint
By Anna Capizzi Galvez – For Deacon Elmer Herrera-Guzman, painting is an act of prayer. On his easel, a peacock bursts into colour. It fans out its feathers...
Pope: Catechism Will be Updated to Include Ecological Sins, Hate Sins
Following through on a proposal made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, Pope Francis said there are plans to include a definition of ecological sins...
Sin, Confession and Penance
As a sinner, I find myself confessing the same sins repeatedly. I have discovered that the priest gives a variety of penances for the same sin. This...
SA Joy Over New Bible Day
BY ERIN CARELSE & CAROL GLATZ – The head of South Africa’s Catholic Bible Foundation (CBF) is delighted that Pope Francis has declared the third Sunday in...
