Fr Ralph de Hahn – 60 Years a Priest
A veteran media priest and a popular fixture in the Cape Town Church, Fr Ralph de Hahn is celebrating 60 years as a priest. NEREESHA PATEL spoke to him.
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Early Church: Infighting in the 1820s and 30s
The first parish in South Africa had outbreaks of hostility between priests and some laity in the 1820s and ‘30s, as MARTIN KEENAN explains.
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Early Church: Anti-Catholic Prejudice at the Cape
In his previous article on the history of the early Church in South Africa, MARTIN KEENAN showed that there was no ‘persecution’ of Catholics at the Cape, but this week he explains that there was anti-Catholic prejudice in the 1820s and ‘30s.
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Church Church History
In Search of South Africa’s First Chapels
The earliest Catholic structure of any kind on South African territory was built by the Portuguese before 1506, but it wasn’t until 1823 that the first purpose-built Catholic chapel for public worship was constructed. MARTIN KEENAN explains.
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Church Church History
Why South Africa’s Catholic History Matters
Martin Keenan has researched the history of the early Catholic Church in South Africa, and especially Cape Town. In this interview, he explains why the 200th anniversary of the Catholic Church’s presence in South Africa is so important.
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Church Church History
Ok, What’s the Big Deal with Vatican II and How Does it Affect us Today?
The Second Vatican Council continues to have an enduring impact on the Catholic Church and on the papacy of Pope Francis, according to the Vatican’s top diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin
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Bible Church Church History Church Teaching
Purgatory, Apocrypha and the Canon of Scripture
2 Maccabees was written 40 years after the event by Jason of Cyrene (M2:23) and belongs to books known as deuterocanonical or apocrypha. They are not part of the inclusive canon of Greek scriptures.
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Church History Education Religious Life Sydney Duval
Nardini Convent School Melody Threads Through its 60 Years
Nardini Convent School at Vryheid, which began with five pupils in 1957 has celebrated its 60th anniversary with 450 pupils and a reputation for excellence
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Church History Religious Art Your Letters
Art Can Distort Church Figures
How historical figures can be distorted was brought home to me while I was visiting the Prado Museum in Madrid earlier this year.
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