The Church in the Modern World
About 60 days ago, some 133 cardinals were meeting in conclave in Rome to choose our new pope. And 60 years ago, a much larger group of bishops...
Church History
Some Famous Benedictines
There have been 17 Benedictine popes — and none of them took the name Benedict. The first of them was Pope St Gregory the Great (590-604). Gregory...
St Benedict of Nursia: A Man who Changed the Catholic Church
St Benedict at a glance Born: March 2, 480, in Nursia (now Norcia), Italy Died: March 21, 547, (aged 67) at Mons Casinus (now Monte Cassino), Italy...
Dominican Friars in Southern Africa to hold International Symposium on St Thomas Aquinas
By Fr Isaac Mutelo OP, Arrupe Jesuit University Regent of Studies – For the past ten years, the Dominican Vice Province of Southern Africa has held annual...
Sister Mary of the Trinity: The Mystic of Pretoria
The sainthood cause of Sr Mary of the Trinity, a 20th-century mystic who died 1942 in Jerusalem, means that Pretoria may one day have a locally-born saint....
The Story of the Council of Nicaea
This year marks 1700 years since the first Council of Nicaea was convened. Günther Simmermacher tells the story of how a battle against a heresy gave us...
Why Didn’t Everybody Believe in the Resurrection?
Question: Why was something so amazing like the resurrection of Christ not enough to convert all the people of Jerusalem and beyond, including the Jewish and Roman...
From Our Vaults 26 Years Ago: June 20, 1999
Now ANC must deliver The African National Congress’ landslide victory in this month’s elections could be a good thing if the party went on to improve the lives...
Celebrating 419 Years of the Ursuline Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By Sr Margaret Mary SU – June 16, 2025, marks the 419th anniversary of the foundation of the Ursuline Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The congregation expresses immense...
How does the Catholic Church in South Africa remember June 16th?
By James Katende – June 16 is a date etched deeply into the collective memory of South Africa—a day that resonates with the cries for justice, dignity,...
