Fr Duncan Blackie CSsR, Rest in Peace
By Fr Sean Collins CSsR – Redemptorist Father Duncan Blackie died on August 23 in Cape Town. He was 74....
Priests
Fr Bernhard Thiel CMM, Rest in Peace
By Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo CMM – Mariannhill Missionaries Father Bernhard Thiel died in a car accident on August 25...
Law Requires Priests in the State of Queensland to Break the Seal of Confession
A new law requires priests in the state of Queensland to break the seal of confession to report child sex...
Where are Priests in the Bible?
According to Acts 6:5-6 the Apostles ordained seven men as deacons. Nowhere in the New Testament is there a record...
New Ordinations in Pretoria
Archbishop Dabula Mpako of Pretoria ordained Frs Johannes Sibanyoni (inset top left) and Harry Bopape (right) to the priesthood and...
Priest Finds Out His Baptism and, therefore, Ordination are Invalid
By Michael Stechschulte – August has been a roller coaster for Father Matthew Hood, who was ordained to the priesthood...
Priest Gets Liver Transplant – And The Donor Is A Former Parishioner
By Mark Pattison – Thirty-seven days after his liver transplant, Father John Mack could catalogue the things he can do in...
Suspended Priest Excommunicated For Still Saying Mass, Teaching Against Pope
A suspended priest in the Diocese of Sacramento has been automatically excommunicated because he continued to celebrate Mass despite being...
Fr Eamon O’Reilly OMI, Rest in Peace
Oblate Father Eamon O’Reilly, formerly of Johannesburg, died on July 12, a day before his 88th birthday, in Ireland. Fr...
