Church / Easter / Jesus / Resurrection / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published May 21, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2019
After being raised from the dead, Jesus Christ made several appearances, as Scripture recounts. Over two articles, Günther Simmermacher looks at ten of them. Scripture records several appearances by Christ after the Resurrection. While...
Much of the reporting surrounding Pope Francis’ “motu proprio,” on the pope’s own initiative, titled “Vos estis lux mundi” (“You are the light of the world”), has presented it as the final response to...
Mervyn Pollitt, Waterfall, KZN – As reported in an interview with Ricardo da Silva SJ on Spotlight.Africa, Sr Hermenegild Makoro CPS, general-secretary of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, called for action rather than...
Guest Editorial by Michael Shackleton – “The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers into the harvest” (Mt 9:37). This exhortation from the...
Church / Fr John Allen Green / Gospel / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published May 19, 2019 · Last modified May 17, 2019
Yes, but… And now comes the bad news; you’re not good enough; your efforts didn’t quite make the grade and there, there goes love flying out of the window to perch on someone else’s...
Church / Death / Religious Life
by hazelelponiSC · Published May 18, 2019 · Last modified May 17, 2019
Oakford Dominican Sister Jerome Stützel, who was encouraged in her vocation by Padre Pio, died on March 25 at the age of 81. Born on December 3, 1937, in Würzburg, Germany, the only daughter...
For many Catholics, the role of a deacon is still unclear. If deacons are not priests, is their vocation real? Erin Carelse asked three deacons what they are doing, and how their families support...
There are different kinds of shrewdness or prudence. Some of it is governed by self-interest, some of it is driven by God, as ALICE VON HILDEBRAND explains. Prudence can be defined as the ability to govern...
Church / Ecumenical dialogue / Erin Carelse
by Erin Carelse · Published May 16, 2019 · Last modified May 15, 2019
A delegation of Muslims attended Mass in a Catholic cathedral to express their solidarity following the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks by an extremist Islamic group on churches in Sri Lanka. The group from the...
A Maronite parish in Johannesburg will feature South African music legends when it celebrates its 18th annual Family Festival on May 26. The festival at Our Lady Of Lebanon parish in Mulbarton, southern Johannesburg,...
Fr Dennis C Ongansie,Oudtshoorn – In the wake of the Vatican summit on sexual abuse and amidst the flood of media coverage, a picture of an intricate tapestry of possible causes is emerging. The concept...
Church / Conversion / Pilgrimage / Pope Francis
by CNS · Published May 15, 2019 · Last modified May 14, 2019
By Cindy Wooden – Parishes and dioceses are now allowed to organise official pilgrimages to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, but it must be clear that the Catholic Church has not recognised as authentic the alleged Marian apparitions...
