This Priest is Searching for Mass Graves of Jews and Roma People
Time is running out to find the more than 1 million Jews and Roma people buried in mass graves who were killed during World War II. At the same time, mass graves are turning...
Category: Priests
Nervous Before Christ’s Majesty
Fr Michael Mapulanga – To be nervous can be either positive or negative, depending on the circumstance. Over five days recently I conducted interviews with 36 candidates who were going to receive their First...
Priest’s Love of Cars Raises Funds for Vocations in Poorest Diocese
A priest who loves rebuilding hot rods and assisting seminarians is donating a 1969 Pontiac Firebird Convertible that he refurbished for a raffle in support of vocations for the Diocese of Gallup in New...
Why We Need A Synod on Priesthood
The Vatican is preparing for the Synod of Bishops on Youth, Faith and Vocational Discernment. Unusually, the lineamenta — as the prepatory discussion documents are called — are now available online so that anyone...
Celibacy Practised for Love of God
Luky Whittle, Kroonstad – Celibacy, Romany Rubin (April 19), says, is a Catholic imposition, creating a false mantle of purity which actually belongs to the domain of virgins and women. I think, however, there...
Celibacy Is Not a Church Imposition
Fr Francois Dufour SDB,Johannesburg – I agree with Romany Rubin (April 19) that celibacy is nowhere required by God — but most of Mr Rubin’s comments cannot be overlooked. Celibacy is not “a Catholic...
Priest kidnapped in Yemen pleads for help in video message
Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped in Yemen more than a year ago, in a video message pleaded for the Indian government and the Catholic Church to do more to secure his...
Priests should ease, not add to faithful’s burdens, pope says
A priest who does not willingly embrace Christ’s cross and who does not try to lighten the burdens of his people is not worthy of the name, Pope Francis told 10 men he...
Celibacy Doesn’t Deprive Manhood!
Fr PE Lavoipierre, Durban – As a happy, contented and relatively effective celibate priest (when either covered or uncovered by my cassock-robe) and rapidly approaching the 53rd anniversary of ordination, I find Romany Rubin’s...
Beatification inquiry for French martyred priest
The French archdiocese of Rouen has opened a formal inquiry into the cause for beatification of Fr Jacques Hamel, who was killed while celebrating Mass in July 2016. Fr Hamel was killed as he...
Celibacy Nowhere Required by God
Romany Rubin, Pretoria – I read the interview with Fr Michael Fuller on clerical celibacy with interest (March 15). Chastity is one thing, lifelong celibacy is another. However, nowhere in the gospels is the...
Pope Tells Priests How To Handle ‘Irregular Unions”
Reaching out to and guiding couples in cohabitation with tenderness and compassion is essential to promoting and defending the sanctity of marriage, Pope Francis said. Couples who have chosen to live together without getting...
