Faith When We Are Running on Empty
Two blocks from my house there is a small church. It has no signboard to indicate its denomination. On a Sunday, the parking lot is rarely full and the tiny congregation is elderly and...
Category: Gospel
How Moralism Sabotages the Gospel
By Kelvin Banda OP – Moralism and Christianity can never complement each other. Being a Christian is not about necessarily following an ethical code or what one does as a Christian. It is about...
Inspire People to be ‘Everyday Saints,’ Archbishop Says
To “capture the imagination” of young people and inspire them, church leaders should offer them the example of modern saints and call young people to be “everyday saints, each in his or her own...
Pope: Jesus Crucified is Our Salvation
True followers of Jesus profess their faith not through pre-packaged platitudes but rather through concrete actions of love for their neighbours, Pope Francis said. When he asked the disciples who they think he is,...
The Core Truth is Christ of the Gospels
PD Hoar, Waterfall, KZN – Christ himself chose 12 everyday men to preach the Good News to all nations of the earth, and Pope Francis as an archbishop mixed with the people of Buenos...
14th Sunday of the Year Reflection
Fr John Allen Green OFM – A long time ago, while I was in formation for the priesthood, there was one particular superior that made my life miserable; it was like an all-seeing eye,...
Pope: Scientists and Believers Should Admit How Little They Know
Scientists and people of faith always must admit they don’t know everything, and they must never be afraid to explore and discover more, Pope Francis told astronomy students and experts. “As people who love...
More Americans Believe in a Higher Power than in God, study says
A new Pew Research Centre survey has some interesting takeaways. While the majority of Americans say they believe in a higher power, what they are talking about isn’t necessarily God “as described in the Bible.”
The Pope of the Gospel
One of the most profound episodes in the gospels is Jesus’ encounter with the woman of dubious repute at Jacob’s Well in Samaria (John 4:5-42). There were many reasons why Jesus should not have engaged with that woman. For one thing, as she rightly noted, he was a Jew and she a Samaritan, members of groups who maintained a mutual hostility.
Pope: May Your Time and Space be Filled with Meaningful Relationships!
“Do not allow the spark of youth to be extinguished in the darkness of a closed room in which the only window to the outside world is a computer and smartphone,”
Bring Jesus to the World this Year!
What are we Catholics doing in response to the call for a New Evangelisation? The success of the many new anti-Catholic agents is due to their taking advantage of the tepidity and indifference of many of us Catholics who are not up to the level of their aggressive evangelising methods.
Is The Mission of the Church Confused?
Frank Bompas, Johannesburg – There have been a few articles in The Southern Cross detailing challenges made by conservative Catholics to Pope Francis, accusing him of undermining the teachings of the Church. While these...
