Lent: A Detox of the Soul
Purification, ritual cleansing and sacrifice are not words that we often hear used by Catholics these days. But, even if the words are not used, they are important concepts in our religious tradition and...
Category: Features
Keeping My Faith With Anxiety
By Felicity Harrison I have spent most of my adult life trying to keep my depression “under control”. In the last year I have increasingly added anxiety to the mix as well. I’m on...
100 Years for Kathleen Kilian!
Kathleen Kilian celebrated her 100th birthday with her two caregivers, family and friends. Mrs Kilian was born in Wynberg, Cape Town, and at the age of 19 married Reginald Kilian and had two daughters....
Archbishop Slattery Probes SA’s Second-Biggest Diocese
The retired archbishop of Pretoria is conducting an apostolic visitation of South Africa’s second-most populous Catholic diocese. According to a notice from the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, the request for an apostolic visitation...
Three Archbishops Unite to Honour a Fourth
Three archbishops united to honour a fourth one: (from left) Archbishop Emeritus William Slattery of Pretoria, Cardinal Wilfrid Cardinal Napier of Durban, and Abel Gabuza, coadjutor and future archbishop of Durban, stand in Emmanuel...
Dancing Priest’s Song For Ireland
A singing and dancing priest hopes to represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, one of Europe’s premier annual television events. Fr Ray Kelly, 66, said if his song “Hallelujah Day” is chosen...
Pope: Being Meek Doesn’t Mean Being a Pushover
By Carol Glatz – Those who are meek are patient, gentle and merciful, drawing people together and salvaging relationships, Pope Francis said. Meekness entails tenaciously holding onto one’s trust in and relationship with God and...
The Time is 100 Seconds to Midnight
On Jan. 23, 2020 the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board, together with 13 Nobel Laureate consultants, moved their famous Doomsday Clock to 100 seconds before midnight – warning how extremely near humanity is to a global catastrophic midnight posed by the increasing threats of nuclear war and climate change.
Raphael’s Tapestries Briefly Return To Sistine Chapel
An artistic masterpiece conceived by the Renaissance master Raphael was on display for one week in the Sistine Chapel to help celebrate the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
But: such a small word, yet packed was so much power. Jesus uses this power today to raise our eyes from our navel-gazing to a higher level of that new horizon within the Kingdom...
Pope: God Gives Commandments to Free People from Sin
Jesus wants his followers to move from a formal observance of God’s commands to an interior acceptance of them and, in that way, to no longer be slaves to sin and selfishness, Pope Francis said
Mt Nicholas Parish in Mthatha Celebrates Vocations
By Mandla Zibi – The 80-year-old Mt Nicholas parish in Mthatha diocese celebrated the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life. “The intention of celebrating the Ursuline Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary was to...
