English police to allow priests to give last rites at crime scenes
By Simon Caldwell – Police in England have produced national guidelines to allow priests to give last rites to Catholics dying at crime scenes. The change follows the...
Category: Sacraments
Priest Resigns after Diocese Learns he Performed Invalid Baptisms
By CNS – Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix said baptisms performed by a priest during years of ministry in the diocese are invalid, leading to the...
Confession: Why it is the Sacrament of Joy
Many Catholics shy away from the sacrament of reconciliation, but approached right, it can heal the deepest wounds in our soul, writes Bishop Edward Adams. When Pope...
First Holy Communions at St Anthony’s parish, Durban
Five Children at St Anthony’s parish in Durban received their First Holy Communion from parish priest Fr Jose Ailton Vincente dos Santos. Children are: Maraan Padayachee, Alaya...
First Holy Communions at Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Parish
14 children made their First Holy Communion at Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Parish in Cambridge, East London. They are: Benjamin Madikila, Callon Bhana, Ethan Bhana, Cade Friedrichs,...
Ok, What are Sacraments and Sacramentals?
Question: What is the difference between sacraments and sacramentals? Answer: The seven sacraments of the Church are liturgical celebrations. They are visible signs and instruments instituted by...
Confession Can be a Place Where Church Fights Abuse
By Cindy Wooden – To protect the sacrament of reconciliation as a “channel of grace” for victims of sexual abuse, the Catholic Church must do a better...
Holy Family College Learners Confirmed
Holy Family College would like to congratulate learners who recently made their Holy Confirmation: Grade 5 learners, twins Jonas Chetty and Jonaz Chetty, made their Confirmation at...
Pope: Faith Cannot be Reduced to Suffocating Bureaucracy
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The beauty of faith comes from opening one’s heart to love and not fixating on following rules and regulations, Pope Francis said....
Marist Linmeyer Grade 4’s Receive First Holy Communion
On Saturday, 22nd May 2021 and 9th October 2021, the first and second 2020 group of Grade 4 students from Marist Brothers Linmeyer received the Sacrament of...
28 Confirmed at Marist Brothers Linmeyer!
On Saturday, 2nd October 2021, twenty-eight Grade 11 candidates from Marist Brothers Linmeyer received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the hands of his excellency, Archbishop Buti...
Are Anglican Confirmations Valid?
A Catholic boy I know was confirmed in an Anglican church. Was this a valid confirmation? Didn’t Pope Leo XIII state in his encyclical Apostolicae curae (1896)...
