The annual sports day at St John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria gives formators and students a chance to concente more on human formation and forget a little bit about academic formation.
Seminary Students Battle it out on the Field Read Post »
One of the highest-ranking women in the police is celebrating 35 years in the force this year. As a Catholic, she says her faith keeps her humble and inspires her to do acts of mercy. Erin Carelse spoke to Major-General Victoria Mekute.
Faith at the Centre for Major-General Victoria Mekute Read Post »
John Lee, Johannesburg – The alleged apparition of Our Lady at Medjugorje in 1981 continues to be controversial. This is after 36 years.
Ok, What’s Going On With Medjugorje? Read Post »
Wearing a red and black traditional Guatemalan shirt that had belonged to martyred U.S. priest Father Stanley Rother, Ronald Arteaga traveled from his village of Santiago Atitlan to witness the beatification of the pastor he knew as “Padre Aplas.”
Father Stanley Rother – The ‘Ordinary Martyr’ Read Post »
The Catholic Chuch in South Africa has a rich history of suppression and opposition in South Africa – so from the first Mass said around 1487 till today when we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the South African Catholic Church – we also celebrate the lives of those who built the faith in SA.
South Africa’s Catholic Church Heritage Read Post »
A document released by Pope Francis that gives bishops’ conferences greater power in introducing liturgical texts will have no immediate impact on the current English missal but will facilitate the approval of translations into South Africa’s other languages, according to the bishop responsible for liturgy in Southern Africa.
Mass Translations: Bishops Can Now Approve Them Read Post »
Pope Francis has endorsed an approach of “zero tolerance” toward all members of the church guilty of sexually abusing minors or vulnerable adults. The pope said he has decided whoever has been proven guilty of abuse has no right to an appeal, and he will never grant a papal pardon – meaning that the offending priest or bishop will be laicised or similar.
Pope: Zero Tolerance For Abusers – They’ll Be Laicised Read Post »
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of Durban has blessed a container clinic for the homeless, run by the Denis Hurley Centre (DHC).
The Denis Hurley Centre Opens an Outreach Clinic Read Post »
While many commentators in the west see Russian President Vladimir Putin as an authoritarian leader who tirelessly plots to revive a Soviet-sized empire, others celebrate Putin as an Eastern Orthodox czar, warring with the forces of the Antichrist in an apocalyptic struggle for the soul of Christian civilisation.
Holy Russia? Believers Debate Putin’s Record as a Christian Leader Read Post »
