Catholics Called to Join Winterhoop Giving
Catholic parishes around the country are being invited to participate in a major national programme to help the poor in the colder months. Every year for 17 years the Dutch Reformed Church has organised...
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Students Pack 25 000 Meals for Rise Against Hunger
Senior school students at CBC St John’s Parklands in Cape Town helped pack 25 000 meals for Rise Against Hunger at Table Bay Mall. Three students and one teacher joined SABC3’s Espresso morning show...
Catholic Groups and Others Rail Against Trump Speech about Border
No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his Jan. 8 nine-minute speech, his first such event televised in prime time from the Oval Office, about what he termed a crisis at the border, than...
Call for Africa to Aid Holy Land Christians
A Pretoria Franciscan has called on his confrères throughout Africa to set up local commissaries of the Holy Land. At present, the South African commissary is the only one on the continent. Its head,...
Woman Dumps Acid on Priest Hearing Confessions
A 24-year-old woman dumped sulfuric acid on a priest while he was hearing confessions in the Managua cathedral. Father Mario Guevara, 59, was immediately taken to the hospital and treated for burns. The Archdiocese...
St Benedict’s College Opens Innovative Media Centre
Saint Benedict’s College in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, has a new media centre, offering “not just books on shelves but a space for collaboration and innovation”. Fr J Robert de Sylva Media Centre was officially opened...
US Orchestra to Play at Iconic Regina Mundi
A famous Catholic church will be among the venues for next month’s South African tour of the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra.
New Head for St Agustine’s Primary!
St Augustine’s Primary School in Durban celebrates the appointment of Craig Thomas as the first male principal of the school. A small reception was held at the school. Cardinal Wilfrid Napier attended to give...
Cardinal Skips Mass to Avoid Priest Accused of Nazism
Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, cancelled his participation in an upcoming Mass because one of the celebrants is a newly ordained priest with a history of...
Zimbabwe after Mugabe: Little has Changed
Zimbabwe’s political and economic climate is still quite fragile, according to a report compiled by members of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI) who visited Zimbabwe last month for the first time since Emerson...
Church-Government TB Partnership!
With tuberculosis still the leading cause of death in South Africa — according to the World Health Organisation around 124000 South Africans died from TB in 2016 alone — the Catholic Church has partnered with the health department to provide screening services in three municipal areas.
Celebrate Freedom Day With The Durban Gospel Choir!
The Durban Gospel Choir will be performing a musical concert on Freedom Day, April 27 from 16:00 to 18:00 at the Emmanuel Cathedral in Durban in a programme entitled “Songs of Hope and Freedom.”
