By Carol Glatz – With the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the bishops of Japan are renewing calls and prayers to build peace by abolishing nuclear weapons worldwide...
Church / Church History / Fr John Allen Green / Jesus / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published July 28, 2019 · Last modified July 25, 2019
The “Our Father”, is the prayer of 1,2 billion Catholics and a further 1 billion of other Christian denominations around the world, in every place, in every occasion; in times of celebration, in times...
By Selby Makgotho – Celebrating the 87th anniversary of Sacred Heart cathedral in Polokwane diocese, vicar-general Fr Clemens Selemela called on the faithful to never forget the missionaries who contributed immensely to the establishment of...
By Samantha Carolus – One of South Africa’s oldest Catholic churches celebrated its landmark 175th anniversary with a special Mass. The Mass at St Patrick’s church in the university town of Makanda (formerly Grahamstown)...
Church / Church History / Church Teaching
by asiel · Published July 16, 2019 · Last modified July 15, 2019
In his final of three articles on the Nicene Creed, MICHAEL MAYER looks at how the laity fit into the Church. In our earlier articles we started off looking at “the dignity and role of...
Church / Church History / Church Teaching
by asiel · Published July 11, 2019 · Last modified July 10, 2019
We recite the Creed every Sunday at Mass, but very nearly we would not have known Christ as divine! In his second of three articles on the Nicene Creed, MICHAEL MAYER looks at how the...
Church / Church History / Church Teaching
by asiel · Published July 4, 2019 · Last modified July 15, 2019
We recite the Creed every Sunday at Mass, but do we know its background and meanings? In a series of three articles, MICHAEL MAYER will look at the history of the Church’s statement of its...
Latin may never bounce back from being all but dead, but the Vatican keeps trying and deserves credit for its efforts. If not them, no one else will. The latest attempt to breathe some...
Church / Church History / Church Teaching / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published June 18, 2019 · Last modified June 17, 2019
What is the attitude of the Church with regard to Anglican Orders? Has this altered in view of ecumenical developments since Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical which in 1896 declared Anglican Orders to be null...
Church / Church History / Education / Erin Carelse
by Erin Carelse · Published June 15, 2019 · Last modified June 13, 2019
As Maris Stella School in Durban celebrated 120 years, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier honoured it for transforming love into service. Speaking at a thanksgiving Mass concelebrated with Frs Peter Lafferty and Sean Mullin, the cardinal...
Church / Church History / Politics / Saints
by Caleb SC · Published May 13, 2019 · Last modified May 9, 2019
Few politicians have a reputation for holiness, but there are four Italians of that dirty trade for whom sainthood causes are underway. Desmond O’Grady introduces the four politicians of ethics. What do Luigi Sturzo, ...
By Jonathan Luxmoore – When Stonyhurst College was founded at Saint-Omer in the Spanish Netherlands by the recusant Jesuit Father Robert Persons in 1593, persecuted Catholic priests faced a mandatory death sentence if caught ministering...
