A Truth Commission Is Needed
Some Church leaders still find it difficult to acknowledge that the greater scandal in the distressing history of clerical abuse is the cover-ups and failure of diligence among bishops, the Vatican and other...
Category: Features
Rocks From Heaven: Vatican brings together World’s Meteorite Curators
Rocks, mineral debris and even dust from space are kept in special collections, museums and laboratories all over the world, and the Vatican Observatory took the first small step to help curators make a...
Legion of Mary Celebrates 85th Anniversary of Founding in SA!
The Legion of Mary, founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1921, and in South Africa in 1933, has celebrated its 85th anniversary in Port Elizabeth, the country’s oldest basic unit or praesidium. The Legion was...
Pope: Christians Without Mercy Live Like Worldly Pagans
Christians are not defined by their baptism but by whether they live their lives according to God’s command to love their enemies, Pope Francis said. While it may seem easier to speak ill of...
The Urgent Need for a Moral Values-Centred Education
While many Southern African children, teens and adults fortunate enough to have access to formal education are hard at work studying such subjects as science, math and the arts, the most important lessons to...
60 Years for Two Dominican Sisters!
Dominican Sisters Bernardis Kriener and Jordana Rechtien celebrated their diamond jubilees, 60 years of religious life, in East London. (From left) Deacon Wayne Lawrence, Fr Gabriel Muyenga, Sr Bernardis Kriener, Sr Jordana Rechtien, and Fr Peter Whitehead....
Mariannhill Priest Releases Tenth Gospel Album
By Mauricio Langa – Far from celebrities and buzzing city life, Mariannhill Father Lawrence Mota composes music in his humble, secluded room at Mariannhill monastery in KwaZulu-Natal. The view overlooking the monastery’s iconic arched...
German Report Shows 3,700 Cases of Abuse of Minors in 68 Years
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher Catholic News Service – A 350-page document leaked to German media and published Sept. 12 documents nearly 3,700 cases of alleged sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests, deacons and clergy...
Council of Cardinals Expresses ‘Full Solidarity’ with Pope
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service – Members of Pope Francis’ international Council of Cardinals expressed “full solidarity” with him in the midst of questions about his handling of the clerical sexual abuse scandal...
Pope: A Worldly Mentality Leads to Pride and Gossip
Christians must engage in spiritual combat every day against a worldly spirit that leads down a path of arrogance and petty gossip, Pope Francis said. In his homily during morning Mass, the pope said...
Enough is Indeed Enough
Roy Glover, Knysna– Wonderful, but it’s taken a courageous and intelligent woman, Dr Annemarie Paulin-Campbell of the Jesuit Institute, to say enough is enough regarding the Church’s sexual abuse crisis, and so it...
Healing the Church Starts with Making Reparations for Sins
The revelations of details of past sexual abuse by clergy in the Catholic Church and its potential cover up by bishops may not have been surprising. Nevertheless, they are very painful to hear. Some...
