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How Joan of Arc Was Burnt for Avoiding Rape

At a time when gender-based and sexual violence against women, in South Africa and elsewhere, is being described as a […]

By Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – In a TV cop show I watched the other day, as they were about

Ora et Labora in action. Due to Covid-19 lockdown regulations, Brothers of the Congregation of Missionaries of Mariannhill remained at

By Erin Carelse / July 17, 2020

Radio Veritas has had to close its studios and offices this week after the station recorded its first coronavirus case.

By Jael SC / July 17, 2020

Feeling out of place? Adrift in the World? Are you in a season of loneliness or loss? You belong to

The journey is inwards, returning to the cave of the heart. It is in the gloom and the darkness that

By Jael SC / July 16, 2020

Due to Covid-19, it was an empty church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Thokoza, Johannesburg archdiocese, when Sr

By CNS / July 16, 2020

By John Shaughnessy – Like many parents, Rebeca Barcenas had this one overwhelming prayer that she continually shared with God.

To change the ills of society, especially violence against women, we may turn to God for a model of positive