Riding the Green Wave: Momentum for Laudato Si’ gears up for next decade
By Carol Glatz – When the special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year closes May 24, it will celebrate the progress made over the past five years, and it...
Category: Christian Living
Christian Living – walking in the Kingdom of God. Living life Coram Deo – before the face of God requires us to have a healthy prayer life, sound doctrine, Gospel -centred repentance and gratitude and a fruitful involvement in the Body of Christ, that is, Church and the sacraments.
There’s Something about Mary this Month…
We have all heard the adage “April showers bring May flowers,” but for Catholics, there’s something about Mary this month. We celebrate our Blessed Mother during May...
A Long Line of Holy Catechists have Served the Church
By Cindy Wooden – Throughout history and across the globe, lay catechists have been revered as saints, and many were martyred for their refusal to renounce their...
New Marriage & Family Life Office Opens in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg
The new Marriage & Family Life Office (MFLO) has opened in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg. The MFLO begins this great mission right in the midst of the...
German bishop rules out general invitation to Communion at congress
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, defended the plan for “ecumenically mindful” reception of Communion in Catholic and Protestant services during Germany’s ecumenical congress...
Catholic Actors Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson Begin Film on Priest’s Life
By Mark Pattison – Filming has begun on “Stu,” which tells the story of a Father Stuart Long, a onetime boxer who became a priest and died...
Fr Ralph de Hahn: The Difference Between Mercy And Grace
Fr Ralph De Hahn reflects on the nature of God’s grace and infinite mercy. The Gospels, as a whole, breathe the spirit of mercy, for the mercy of God,...
One Act of Pure Love is the Greatest Miracle Christians Can Perform
By Carol Glatz – Contemplative prayer transforms and purifies the human heart, Pope Francis said. Being contemplative in prayer is an act of faith and love, it...
Joy at Quintuplets’ Baptism
When Patricia Eze jokes, “I have a full house,” she is not talking about a poker hand. On June 25, 2020, she delivered quintuplets at Holy Cross...
Mother and Daughters Work Together in Catholic Hospital
By Gregory A. Shemitz – Caring for the sick is a vocation and way of life shared by a mother and two daughters serving together at a...
Canonisation of Blessed Charles de Foucauld Confirmed
The sainthood causes of seven men and women – including the hermit Blessed Charles de Foucauld and the Indian martyr Devasahayam Pillai – cleared their final hurdle May 3 during a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes
Pope to Altar Servers: Be Signs of Faith to Your Parishes
Being an altar server should be a “profession of faith” to the entire parish community, Pope Francis told young men and women participating in Portugal’s annual altar...
