St Daniel Comboni
Today is the Feast of St Daniel Comboni, founder of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and the Comboni Missionary Sisters. He is remembered for...
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Statistically speaking: How Pope’s Choices Change College of Cardinals
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Popes have made a habit of exceeding the statutory limit on the number of cardinals under the age of 80, but Pope...
Smartphones Swapped for Dumbphones at Holy Rosary School!
During Lent, Grade 1-7 pupils at Holy Rosary School for Girls in Edenvale, Johannesburg, participated in a 40-day smartphone-free challenge, a first in South Africa. The school...
Neocatechumenal Way Pilgrimage to Bl Benedict Daswa Shrine
By Pietro Poggiali – The young people of the Neocatechumenal Way who embarked on a pilgrimage to the tomb of Blessed Benedict Daswa returned enriched by their experiences....
In second week, synod to discuss authority in the church
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Members of the Synod of Bishops have begun looking for ways to make relationships within the Catholic Church “more transparent and more...
Mass Readings: 13 October – 20 October, 2024
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year II Sunday October 13, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 7: 7-11/ Ps 90: 12-13. 14-15. 16-17 (14)/ Heb...
Who May Conduct a Communion Service?
Question: Is an Extraordinary Eucharistic minister of Holy Communion allowed to conduct a Communion service and distribute Holy Communion without a priest or deacon being present? Answer:...
Father Gabriel Kwedho: A Missionary of Consolation and Freshly Inked Author
By Kati Dijane – Father Gabriel Kwedho (IMC), a missionary priest who belongs to the religious order of the Consolata Missionaries, has two things to celebrate this...
Historic Gathering for Salesian Cooperators in eSwatini
By Vaclav Klement SDB – Fifty Salesian Cooperators and Aspirants from eSwatini, Lesotho, and South Africa convened in Manzini, eSwatini, for the AFM Provincial Congress (October 3-6,...
Fr Stanley Botha, Rest in Peace
On Sunday October 6, Fr Stanley Botha of Cape Town died at the age of 73. Here his long-time parishioner and Southern Cross editor Günther Simmermacher remembers...
