Pope to Synod: Church Must Recognise, Ask Pardon for its Sins
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The Catholic Church cannot be credible in its mission of proclaiming Christ unless it acknowledges its mistakes and bends down “to heal...
Repentance
A Time to Reflect on Ash
Lent, the season of repentance is the time to reflect seriously on the words used when the ashes stain our foreheads, namely, that we come from the dust of the earth and will go back there
Pope: A heart filled with scorn, vain presumption is a ticket to hell
By Carol Glatz, CNS – The faithful must set aside their egos and sense of superiority over others to make room for God and his tender mercy,...
24 Hours for the Lord – Prayer and Penance
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Pope Francis will open a Lenten prayer and penance initiative at a Rome parish on March 17 rather than in St. Peter’s...
Pope: Rather than blaming God, Jesus says ‘Look Inside Ourselves’
By Carol Glatz – Jesus asks people to turn away from evil and renounce the temptation to sin rather than blame God for terrible events, Pope Francis said....
Fight Temptation with Faith, Prayer and Penance
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Christians must never engage in dialogue with the devil, but instead must fight against temptations with the same spiritual weapons Jesus...
Lent: A Detox of the Soul
Purification, ritual cleansing and sacrifice are not words that we often hear used by Catholics these days. But, even if the words are not used, they are...
‘Go and Sin No More’ is For All of Us
Maria Kruger, Plettenberg Bay – It’s always stimulating to read the letters in your publication. There are so many diverse views, but it’s a pity that writers...
Pope: Even When We Are Distant from God, He’s Not
God’s love is never lacking, despite people’s sins and rejection of his presence in their lives, Pope Francis said at a Lenten penance service.
We Are in the End Times
I believe the Church is going through a final stage. The end times. In the very darkest days and hours, in what is certainly an apostasy of sorts, if not the Great Apostasy of Scripture, the seeds of a new evangelisation are also being sown.
