Celebrating First Communion at St Benedict’s Cathedral !
First Communion at St Benedict’s cathedral in Eshowe diocese in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Church Parish Life Sacraments
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The Seal of Confession Cannot Continue
Paul Lensen, Cape Town – As a practising Catholic, I am deeply saddened by our Church’s continued assertion that it
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Editorials 2018 Sacraments
Why Confession Seal Cannot be Broken
Calls are getting louder for the seal of the confessional in the sacrament of reconciliation to be loosened to compel
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Church Church Teaching Sacraments
Why Church Law Forbids Violating the Seal of Confession
The seal of confession is so important and sacred that a priest would be automatically excommunicated under canon law for
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Church Sacraments
Nyolohelo Church in Sebokeng Confirmation!
Nyolohelo church in Sebokeng, Johannesburg archdiocese, celebrated the confirmation of young members of the parish. The celebrants were Archbishop Buti
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Church Eucharist Sacraments
First Holy Communion at St Mary’s Cathedral!
First communicants at St Mary’s cathedral in Cape Town hold up their cupcakes at the tea after the ceremony. The
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Church Eucharist Sacraments
Bishop Victor Phalana: Further on the Rules of Inter-Communion
With the Church in Germany having launched the debate about Communion for non-Catholics, BISHOP VICTOR PHALANA notes that the Southern
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Church Sacraments
First Communions at St Peter Claver in Soweto!
St Peter Claver parish in Pimville, Soweto, celebrated the First Communion of young members during a Mass said by parish
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Church Ecumenical dialogue Eucharist Sacraments
When May Non-Catholics Receive Communion?
While some German bishops have decided that non-Catholic spouses of Catholics may receive Communion in individual cases according to pastoral needs, inter-Communion in Southern Africa is governed by the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s “Directory on Ecumenism”, which was approved by the Holy See and released in 2003.
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