Sister Mildred Lungile Madlala FMM : Sister on a Mission
THE ADVENTUROUS NUN – Stories my family told me: The biography of Sister Mildred Lungile Madlala FMM, by Marcia Mandisi Mabaso. 2022. 240pp....
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Return of the Passion
Dear Reader, At last, the Durban Passion Play will take to the stage from April 6-16, three years after the...
Oscar Romero: The Saint who was Slain at Mass
The state murder of a priest turned Archbishop Óscar Romero into a human rights activist. For that, he was also...
How to Dispose of Religious Items?
Question: I have many religious items, such as rosaries, medals, prayer cards, small statues of saints that are damaged and...
Catholic Bavaria and the Passion Play
The Catholic faith is still everywhere in Bavaria, as Southern Cross pilgrims to the Oberammergau Passion Play saw. Günther Simmermacher...
Was Pope Pius XII a Nazi stooge?
Question: In a documentary I watched on YouTube, it was alleged that Pope Pius XII was complicit in the Holocaust...
St Francis de Sales: The Saint of Kindness
St Francis de Sales, whose name lives on in the name of the Salesian order, was one of the...
Creating a Catholic Culture
Dear Reader, Our bright cover this month depicts a reveller in a colourful costume at the Carnival in Rio. Like...
SACBC: Our Ministry is Always Adapting
In the third and final part of a wide-ranging interview, SACBC president Bishop Sithembele Sipuka tells Günther Simmermacher about the youth,...
