The Mass of the Rubber Bullet
The press dubbed it the Mass of the rubber bullet, preceded by all of Southern Africa’s mitred bishops in illegal procession through the streets of Sebokeng in...
Category: Church History
A Saint of True Devotion
In the grand heights of heaven the light of Christ is aflame. Through the mercy of God, it pours forth to the earth. It is undeterred by...
Ireland makes Feast of St Brigid a National Holiday
By Michael Kelly – The Irish government has added a new public holiday to the national calendar to honour the country’s female patron, St. Brigid of Kildare....
New postulator named for Father Peyton’s Sainthood Cause
By CNS – The Congregation of Holy Cross has appointed Valentina Culurgioni to be the new postulator for the sainthood cause of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton. Fr...
Catholic items hold their own at New York Public Library exhibit
By Rhina Guidos – One of the most progressive items at a New York Public Library exhibit, perhaps overlooked by visitors heading for pop culture gems such...
Spanish Cardinal Álvarez Martínez dies at 96
By CNS – After Spanish Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez died at the age of 96, Pope Francis offered his condolences to the Archdiocese of Toledo at the loss...
From Our Vaults 75 Years Ago: January 1, 1947
See larger images of some of the stories in this issue – 31-year-old bishop for Natal Pope Pius XII has appointed 31-year-old Fr Denis Hurley OMI as...
Pope asks for preparation for Holy Year 2025
By Cindy Wooden – Preparations for the Holy Year 2025 have already begun, and Pope Francis has asked the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation to take...
From Our Vaults 88 Years Ago: December 20, 1933
See larger images of some of the stories in this issue Pretoria’s Sacred Heart opens The new church of the Sacred Heart in Pretoria [now cathedral] was...
Pope Joan: Old Rituals, Wild Imaginations Led to Legend
By Carol Glatz – Intelligent, in love, highly cultured and heavily pregnant, the infamous “Pope Joan” is one of those urban legends of the “urbi” of Rome...
Dialogue Group Calls for Catholic Recognition of Anglican Ordinations
By Cindy Wooden – A group of Catholic and Anglican theologians has publicly called on the Vatican to review and overturn a papal document from 1896 that...
Twenty Year Commemoration Service to Honour Fr Michael D`Annucci CSS
A 20th-anniversary commemoration service of Stigmatine priest Father Michael D’Annucci’s murder was held was on Sunday at the Bethesda Special School. Fr D’Annucci, who died in an...
