Tribute to Father Emil Blaser OP by Sr Hermenegild Makoro CPS (SACBC Secretary General)
I would like to give a short history of who Fr. Emil was. I am sure those who worked with him during his days in Khanya House...
Category: Death
A Tribute to Fr Emil Blaser OP by Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM
I got to know Fr Emil Blaser through his work at the Bishops’ Conference, where a number of his confreres were also engaged. Some were teaching at...
SACBC: Fr Emil Blaser was a Visionary and Inspiration
The Southern African Bishops’ Conference has paid tribute to Dominican Father Emil Blaser, who died on November 16 at the age of 78 after a long illness....
Polish cardinal dies 10 days after being disciplined by Vatican
Polish Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz, retired archbishop of Wroclaw, died November 16, just 10 days after the publication of Vatican disciplinary measures against him related to sexual abuse....
Fr Wilfred Siyabonga Mfayela, Rest in Peace
Fr Wilfred Siyabonga Mfayela of Mariannhill died after a long illness on November 14, 2020. He was the parish priest of St Wendolin’s parish in St Wendolins...
Fr Teboho Matseke’s Funeral Mass 2020
Requiem Mass was celebrated for Fr Teboho Matseke by Bishop Duncan Tsoke, concelebrated by Archbishop Buti Tlhagale OMI and the Priests of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg. The...
Pope: Prayers for the Dead Help the Living, Too
By Cindy Wooden – Praying for the dead and asking God to welcome them into his presence forever helps Christians remember what life and death are really about,...
Death in the modern age and how to prepare as a Catholic
Death. It’s a subject seen as sad, morbid and fearful, something that people would rather not think about, and certainly not discuss. Yet for Catholics, death is...
All Souls’ Day: Reflections, Traditions and Prayers
By Shemaiah Gonzalez – If you were to walk past my parish on your dark and damp walk on the evening of November 2 in years past, you...
All Saints’ Day: History and Traditions
By Paul Senz – The author of the Letter to the Hebrews wrote, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us...
Nuns Usher the Dying into Heaven
By Chaz Muth – Much attention was given to church teaching on assisted suicide and euthanasia when the Vatican released its September 22 letter “‘Samaritanus bonus,’ on...
Vatican Reaffirms, Clarifies Church Teachings On Euthanasia and End-Of-Life Care
By Carol Glatz – With the legalisation of assisted suicide and euthanasia in many countries, and questions concerning what is morally permissible regarding end-of-life care, the Vatican’s doctrinal...
