Arinze Joseph Ani / Church / Crisis / Priests
by Ani Arinze · Published November 14, 2019 · Last modified November 11, 2019
Killings have spread in most of Nigeria’s regions, originating from the nation’s northern part, since the emergence of the terrorism of the Islamic Boko Haram sect. Alarmingly, in certain regions people no longer see...
By Simon Caldwell – Catholic priests would die rather than break the seal of confession to report child abusers to the police, said an English cardinal. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster told the Independent...
By Rhina Guidos – No one can deny that the act was horrific. Six priests found face down on a lawn with bullet holes through various parts of their bodies. One was in his bathrobe....
Church / Parish Life / Priests
by asiel · Published November 11, 2019 · Last modified November 10, 2019
Fr Joseph Leathem’s 60th ordination jubilee was celebrated at St Thérèse’s parish in Edenvale, Johannesburg diocese, and with his OMI fellows and parishioners in Ireland More Stories: Priest’s Love of Cars Raises Funds for...
Father Ricardo Rivera, a theology teacher at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, dances with cheerleaders during the school’s homecoming pep rally. More Stories: Beatification inquiry for French martyred priest Priests Need...
By Father Carter Griffin – A few days ago, someone asked me in passing whether the “big meeting in Rome” — referring to the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon — would allow priests to...
by Tamar SC · Published October 22, 2019 · Last modified October 18, 2019
Primary school teachers and Grade 5 learners at Holy Family College in Glenmore, Durban, welcomed Benedictine monk Fr Laurence Freeman to the school when he delivered an address entitled “A Gift for Life: How...
Church / Parish Life / Priests
by Tamar SC · Published October 19, 2019 · Last modified October 18, 2019
Catholic Women’s League members at St Francis Xavier parish in Bluff, Durban, celebrated Fr Sean Bailey’s 79th birthday with him and his fellow priests. The CWL also presented the priests with new sheets and...
Father Pieter van Heeswijk of Durban died on September 8 at 91. Petrus (Pieter) Johannes Josephus van Heeswijk was born on September 3, 1928, in the Netherlands. After his philosophical and theological studies, he...
By Fr Paul Tatu CSS – A visit to the headquarters of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) was an eye-opener for many seminarians at St John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria “Many Catholics are not familiar with...
Church / Priests / Runaine Radine
by Runaine Radine · Published October 2, 2019 · Last modified September 30, 2019
Archbishop Stephen Brislin and priests who have been in ministry for five years or less. Priestly formation never stops. That’s why “baby priests” — those, like myself, who were recently ordained — have to...
By Michael Sainsbury – The Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania have become the latest in the country to pass legislation criminalising priests who fail to report the abuse of children disclosed during confession....
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