May We Scatter the Ashes Of Loved Ones?
Question: Does the Catholic Church permit the scattering of ashes of a person after cremation? Answer: The Catholic Church has...
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Pope: Vocation of the military and police is to defend life, peace, justice
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Thanking members of the military and the police for their service, Pope Francis asked them...
Our Lady of Lourdes
On the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Church observes the World Day of the Sick. This day was...
Mass Readings: 16 February – 23 February, 2025
Liturgical Calendar Year C – Weekday Cycle Year I Sunday February 16, 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 17: 5-8/...
St Josephine Bakhita: 12 Years a Slave
St Josephine Bakhita at a glance Name at birth: Unknown Born: c. 1869 in Olgossa, Sultanate of Darfur (Sudan) Died: February...
Trust in the Lord: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C Sermon and Christian Act In The Word Theme:...
Archbishop Tlhagale: The ‘Gangster’
Addressing the January plenary session of the Southern African Bishops’ Conference, outgoing president Bishop Sithembele Sipuka paid tribute to five...
St Paul Miki & Companions
Today is the Feast of St Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit seminarian, martyr and saint, one of the twenty-six martyrs...
Bishop Edward Risi: The Liturgist
Addressing the January plenary session of the Southern African Bishops’ Conference, outgoing president Bishop Sithembele Sipuka paid tribute to five...
