Church / Crisis / Pope Francis
by CNS · Published September 24, 2020 · Last modified September 20, 2020
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis reminded elderly and ill priests that they need not be afraid of suffering because Christ is always there to help them carry that cross. With God’s grace, their situation,...
As South Africans celebrate Heritage Day, BISHOP VICTOR PHALANA of Klerksdorp recalls a history of corruption in the country that goes back to the day Jan van Riebeeck arrived on our shores in 1652. On...
By James Qeqe – What is it that we are doing wrong in Africa? Or, what is it that we are not doing at all? How can there be so many sufferings on the mother continent...
Church / Religious Life / Vocations
by Admin · Published September 23, 2020 · Last modified September 18, 2020
Every vocation story is different. Here SR ALETHA MATISWAYIRI MADZIRO tells hers, as a Presentation Sister in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was once considered the breadbasket of Africa, a country rising to prominence. It declined into poverty...
by Christen Torres · Published September 23, 2020 · Last modified September 22, 2020
He is one of the Church’s most popular saints, revered for his holiness, but there was a time when even a saintly pope opposed Padre Pio, who died 52 years ago today. CHRISTEN TORRES looks...
Church / Conversion / Crisis / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published September 22, 2020 · Last modified September 16, 2020
Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – Recently a couple of acquaintances, a Brother and Sister, were found to be Covid-19 positive, although fortunately asymptomatic thus far. Faced with the sudden possibility of death people often have...
Christian Living / Church / Education
by CNS · Published September 22, 2020 · Last modified September 18, 2020
By Mark Pattison – Many of our children have been staring at screens since March as they, their classmates and their teachers all figured out how to do distance learning on the fly. And even...
Christian Living / Christian Mission / Church / Gospel / Pope Francis
by CNS · Published September 22, 2020 · Last modified September 21, 2020
By Junno Arocho Esteves – If the Church fails to go out and proclaim the Gospel to those who are lost or forgotten, it risks falling ill to the evil that is committed by its own...
By Fredrick Nzwili – DRC bishops are expressing solidarity with Denis Mukwege, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning gynaecologist who has received death threats over his continued call for justice and accountability over war crimes. The doctor –...
The corrupt steal from the poor and offend God. BISHOP GRAHAM ROSE counts the ways in which they put their souls and salvation at risk. South Africans are protesting against widespread corruption in the country....
By Cindy Wooden – Saying “thank you” to God is a beautiful prayer, Pope Francis told a group of children and teenagers with autism. “God likes that way of praying,” he said on September 21 during...
Christian Living / Church / Social Media
by CNS · Published September 21, 2020 · Last modified September 20, 2020
By John Garvey – I’m certainly not the first person to observe that the tone of our civic discourse has gotten increasingly angry. I have recently come to realise, though, that some people actually like it...
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