Pope Francis: A Lack of Enthusiasm for Scripture Weakens Church
By Laura Ieraci, Catholic News Service A lack of enthusiasm for Scripture weakens well-established churches and stunts the missionary verve...
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Pope: Some Wounds Last for Life
By Laura Ieraci, Catholic News Service The deep hurts that spouses inflict on each other cause great suffering to their...
The Costs of Training our Priesthood
Recently a Southern Cross story discussed the financial cost of training priests. A group of seminarians from St Francis Xavier...
Pope’s Green Blueprint
Like the saint of Assisi whose name he adopted upon his pontifical election in 2013, Pope Francis uses his platform...
A Martyr’s Lesson for Rural Schools
In September a South African school principal will be beatified. STUART GRAHAM looks at Benedict Daswa, the teacher. Benedict Daswa...
Better way than Old-School Punishment
At a time when learners know their rights, is there an alternative to corporal punishment? ANNE?BAKER explains how discipline based...
Why Catholic Schools still Need Chaplains
Even in a time when Catholic schools do not always have a majority Catholic student body, the role of the...
Why Couldn’t Priest Hear Confession?
After Mass in a diocese in Britain I requested the celebrant to hear my confession. He replied he couldn’t, because...
The Green Encyclical has Arrived!
It’s courageous, it’s prophetic, it’s challenging, it’s holistic, it’s wonderful: That’s what I think of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical “Laudato...
