Holy ink: Tattoo culture shows faith is not skin deep, sociologist says
By Justin McLellan, CNS – The Catholic Church cannot measure people’s engagement with religion only by looking at church attendance, but also must observe how they express...
Christian Living
Pope: God Calls All to Bring His Love to Everyone
By Carol Glatz, CNS – A person hearing God’s call to follow him does not mean that person then belongs to a special or privileged clique of...
Mental Health: STOP the Stigma
Klerksdorp has become the second South African diocese after Johannesburg to embrace the mental health ministry as an integral part of its pastoral activities. This was made...
Hope: A Leper Showed Us The Way
By Deacon Walter Middleton – There is a new kind of leprosy spreading; a disease that is difficult to diagnose because it affects the mind rather than...
Why Do We Do Penance?
In Confession, the priest gave me a penance of the Stations of the Cross, which I did. What is the purpose of the penance when I know...
Must We Give Beggars Money?
At almost every traffic light, as soon as I stop the car, there is someone at my window wanting money. I give a little cash now and...
Pope: Look away from your screen and into your heart
By CNS – Like replenishing the oil that fuels a lamp, Christians must nourish their interior lives by paying attention to the movements of their hearts, Pope...
Heaven Awaits: Reverend Deacon Paul Seageng Laid To Rest
In true fashion to his character, the funeral of the late Reverend Deacon Paul Seageng of the archdiocese of Pretoria was filled with humour and celebration of...
Doctrinal dicastery says transsexuals can be baptised
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – If it would not cause scandal or confusion among other Catholics, “a transsexual – even one who has undergone hormone treatment and...
Pope: Stop violence against women; stop glorifying domination
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Calling violence against women a “poisonous weed” that must be eradicated, Pope Francis also told the media that their campaigns to stop...
