Life of Benedict Daswa in Brief
Benedict Daswa is the first South African to be beatified. Benedict was born as Tshimangadzo Samuel Daswa on June...
Saints
Canonising Catholics
When Nelson Mandela died, the media proclaimed the diplomatic skills and heart of this great man. The impression given to...
Saints and Miracles
BY MICHAEL SHACKLETON – Pope Francis may be ready to canonise Blessed John Paul II soon, if reports of a...
What attracts Pope Francis to the saint of Assisi?
The pope’s decision to name himself after St Fancis of Assisi is the talk of the taverns. Fr PATRICK NOONAN,...
All Saints, all Catholics
We don’ strive to be saints, we strive to live the lives God wanted and if we do it right,...
Mary Magdalene: The Forgotten Saint
Pat Dacey, Johannesburg: Mary Magdalene has become the forgotten saint in the modern era, yet she epitomises all that the ultimate...
Teresa of Avila
Few saints were more human than Teresa of Avila. Few saints were more closely intimate with God than she was....
