By Doreen Abi Raad – Cardinal Bechara Rai, the Maronite patriarch, pleaded for the intercession of Lebanon’s beloved St. Charbel Makhlouf as the beleaguered country spirals deeper...
By Jonathan Luxmoore – Ten Polish nuns have been approved for beatification as martyrs 76 years after they were killed while resisting rape and facing other atrocities by...
In 1958, three friends, all young diocesan priest from the German diocese of Regensburg, came to South Africa to serve as missionaries in the Eastern Cape. All...
Christian Living / Church / Ethics & Human Dignity / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published July 25, 2021 · Last modified July 26, 2021
This is how homeless people in Durban were presented in the “Homeless 101” project, a 2019 collaboration between the Denis Hurley Centre and the Daily Maverick. It...
By Cindy Wooden – Try a little tenderness. That’s basically how Cardinal Kevin Farrell, 73, summarised Pope Francis’ vision for what older people, their grandchildren and friends...
Beatitudes for Grandparents Blessed are the poor in spirit, as they will not see their grandparents as a mealticket to the future. Blessed are the gentle, as...
Bible / Church / Emmanuel Suntheni OSB / God / Grace / Jesus / Mass
by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB · Published July 24, 2021 · Last modified July 25, 2021
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB SERMON AND CHRISTIAN ACT IN THE WORD Theme: Divine Nourishment-Nourished by Christ: Jesus Christ the Bread of Life Point of reflection:...
This delicious, moist and fragrant almond cake with its origin in the Middle Ages is named in honour of St James the Greater (or Santiago), the patron...
Priest on political trial Fr Dominic Scholten OP, secretary-general of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of having owned and/or...
Christian Living / Church / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published July 24, 2021 · Last modified July 21, 2021
This year we mark for the first time the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which was established by Pope Francis in January and is to...
Church / Crisis / Ethics & Human Dignity / Globalisation of Indifference / Magliano / Poverty & Social Justice
by Tony Magliano · Published July 23, 2021
After six years of war, “Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe,” according to the International Rescue Committee. Confirming that terribly sad fact, Catholic Relief Services reports,...
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