By Carol Glatz – The Catholic Church’s second-oldest cardinal and first Mozambican-born cardinal died on September 29 at the age […]
Church’s 2nd Oldest Cardinal of Mozambique Dies, 97 Read Post »
Question: With Cardinal Wilfrid Napier’s retirement as archbishop of Durban, will his successor, Archbishop Siegfried Mandla Jwara, become a cardinal?
Will South Africa Get a New Cardinal? Read Post »
Question: A friend claims that William Shakespeare was a Catholic? I had not heard that before. Is it true? Answer:
Was William Shakespeare a Catholic? Read Post »
The mortal remains of the first three Korean Catholic martyrs have been recovered more than two centuries after their deaths,
South Korean diocese says remains of first Catholic martyrs recovered Read Post »
By Rhina Guidos – El Salvador has set a January 22 date for the beatifications of Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande,
El Salvador sets date for four beatifications in January Read Post »
Pope Gregory decreed Catholic priests and nuns should be celibate because he wanted to reduce the temptation of bending the law to favour blood relatives. Is this an accurate statement?
Celibacy for Priests: Let’s Go Back to Year 1074 Read Post »
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Catholic Trivia Quiz Read Post »
Fr Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, banned Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference official, is visited by SACBC president Archbishop Joseph Fitzgerald in the winter
History in Colour: Banning of Fr Smangaliso Mkhatshwa Read Post »
By Jonathan Luxmoore – In a gallery of The British Museum, light plays on an array of medieval crosses, reliquaries
British Museum honours St Thomas Becket on the 850th anniversary of his death Read Post »
