Poor to welcome pope’s casket to St Mary Major where simple tomb is ready
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Given the late Pope Francis’ care and concern for the poor, a representative group of...
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Peace Be with You: Divine Mercy Sunday
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Divine Mercy Sunday – Year C Sermon and Christian Act In The Word Theme:...
St Mark, the Writer of a Gospel
St Mark the Evangelist was an African who worked with St Peter and St Paul, and went on to found...
How Being a Jesuit Shaped Francis’ Papacy
Pope Francis’ Jesuit formation influenced his 12-year papacy profoundly, as Jesuit Father Russell Pollitt of Holy Trinity church in Braamfontein,...
A Disciple of Christ to the End
SACBC Press Statement on the death of Pope Francis The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) joins the universal church...
In Last Interview, Pope Recounted the Lie He Always Regretted
By Carol Glatz, CNS – In Pope Francis’ last formal interview before he died, he shared the one lifelong regret...
Cardinal Stephen Brislin leads Memorial Mass for Pope before heading to Rome
By Kati Dijane – Priests, the faithful and dignitaries from different political parties came in their numbers to pay their last...
More than 19,000 people pay homage to pope in first nine hours
By Carol Glatz, CNS – In the first nine hours that Pope Francis’ body had lain in state in St....
Precise rules govern what happens in period between popes
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left...
