Vatican Formalises Process for Approving Liturgical Translations
By Cindy Wooden – Four years after Pope Francis modified canon law to emphasise the responsibility of bishops’ conferences for judging the accuracy and suitability of liturgical...
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Yad Vashem names two French clergy as Righteous Among the Nations
The Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center has posthumously recognised two French clergy members who lived in Rome as Righteous Among the Nations. The recognition is the...
Jesuit Astronomer: It takes a Lot of Faith to do Science
By Carol Glatz – According to a self-described “fanatic” about science and “a bit of a nerd” for the Catholic Church, people should not ask this Jesuit...
Mahadi Buthelezi Appointed President of Women’s Forum of SACC
Catholic family and women’s-rights activist Mahadi Buthelezi has been appointed president of the newly-formed Women’s Forum of the South African Council of Churches. Soweto-born Mrs Buthelezi is...
Season of Creation at Eucharistic Heart of Jesus parish
The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Parish in Cambridge, East London, went ‘all out’ during this very important season of creation in the life of our Church. Faith...
Moving Valediction Mass at Marist Linmeyer
Marist Brothers Linmeyer High School hosted the Grade 12 Valediction Mass and Awards Ceremony. Before the Mass was celebrated, white candles were lit in honour of Marist family members...
Mass Readings: 24 October – 31 October, 2021
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday 24 October, 30th Sunday of the Year Jeremiah 31: 7-9, Psalms 126: 1-2, 2-3,4-5, 6, Hebrews 5:...
Archbishop says his archdiocese won’t take part in global synodal process, citing ‘ideological’ risk
Archbishop Wolfgang Haas of Vaduz, Liechtenstein has said that his archdiocese won’t take part in the two-year global synodal process, saying that it would run “the risk...
30th Sunday Reflection: Compassion as the Way of Vision
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mark 10:46-52 – Traditional wisdom requires that we have vision, to observe and to make deductions about origins and how-to live-in...
Toledo archbishop asks forgiveness for ‘negligence’ after filming of music video in cathedral
Archbishop Francisco Cerro Chaves of Toledo carried out a penitential act Sunday at the city’s cathedral, after the filming of a music video which includes sensual dance...
Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in Scotland Damaged by Deliberate Fire
Suspected arsonists targeted Scotland’s national shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes on Sunday night, in the latest in a series of incidents at Catholic sites. The fire...
