St Joseph Sodality mentors boy youth at Maria Mabasotho
By Bokang Tsoanamatsie – Following the example of Fr Meshack Maine Phenethi of the Lelapeng la Lerato retreat centre, who...
Christian Living / Church / Sin in our Lives / Sodality
by Bokang Tsoanamatsie · Published August 4, 2025
By Bokang Tsoanamatsie – Following the example of Fr Meshack Maine Phenethi of the Lelapeng la Lerato retreat centre, who...
In a discussion, I was told that the Church has revised its position on original sin, so that we are not born with this sin at all. Is that true? Why, then, would baptism, which I was taught frees us from original sin, be necessary for salvation?
Question: Our priest has told us that if a person receives Communion in a state of mortal sin, the host...
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Pope Francis urged prideful people to recall one of Jesus’ moral commandments to “never judge.”...
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Arriving in a wheelchair instead of walking with his cane, Pope Francis began his weekly...
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Vices, such as vanity and greed, are like “wild beasts” of the soul that risk...
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The vice of “acedia,” often translated as “sloth,” can cause laziness, but it is much...
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Feeling sad, disappointed or ashamed of oneself sometimes is normal and can even lead to...
Catechesis / Christian Living / Church / God / Sarah-Leah Pimentel / Sin in our Lives
by Sarah-Leah Pimentel · Published January 25, 2024
How do we grow in light of the Church’s teachings? The answer isn’t as simple as it might seem. Sarah-Leah Pimentel explains. For...
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