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...
By Carol Glatz – Christians recognise life’s great paradox that so much evil and temptation exist in the world, but that God is always present, too, ready to help and give people the strength to...
The study of the historical Jesus was the subject of a day-long workshop delivered by three leading biblical scholars. The workshop was presented at Holy Redeemer parish in Bergvliet, Cape Town, by Oblate Father...
By Carol Glatz – The scales of justice cannot solve everything, especially when it comes to stopping a cycle of evil vengeance, Pope Francis said. “Evil knows revenge and if it is not halted, it...
Church / Church History / Jesus
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published April 16, 2019 · Last modified April 19, 2019
Legends have surrounded the Holy Grail, the chalice of the Last Supper. Now a researcher claims to have proven the Holy Chalice of Valencia as the true Holy Grail. Can this really be so,...
By Tom Dermody – Jesus likely died from excessive blood loss, a Catholic surgeon said during a talk that examined the 18 hours of Christ’s passion and crucifixion from a medical perspective. “Christ emptied himself,”...
Christian Living / Church / Jesus / Sin in our Lives
by CNS · Published April 6, 2019 · Last modified April 4, 2019
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Jesus does not view sinners as transgressors who must be punished according to the law, but as people in need of hope and freedom from sin, Pope Francis said. “It...
Fr Albert Nolan OP – Everyone I know who has read this book—and especially the members of my book club—have been deeply moved by the portrait of Jesus that emerges in Jesus: An Historical Approximation...
Bible / Church / Fr John Allen Green / Jesus / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published February 10, 2019 · Last modified February 7, 2019
The suburb of Bertrams in the Johannesburg is what you would term a ‘rough neighbourhood’; there are gangs, drug lords, prostitutes and destitute squatters. It was here that I live and worked with...
The choice to follow God in life is not just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity but a decision that is made every day, Pope Francis said. Christians truly encounter Jesus through concrete events in life that...
Faith Life / Gospel / Jesus / Sarah-Leah Pimentel
by Sarah-Leah Pimentel · Published January 22, 2019 · Last modified January 21, 2019
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...
Christian Living / Dealing With Life / Faith Life / Jesus / Keenan Williams
by Keenan Williams · Published January 2, 2019 · Last modified December 28, 2018
At school, Keenan Williams suffered bullying and exclusion. Here he tells how he recovered from the scars of that. Often the very people who are there to save us, cross their arms and watch...
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