Holy Week is time to follow Jesus in search of lost sheep, pope says
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Holy Week is a time to follow Jesus out of one’s...
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Cut power of Roman curia
From Brian Gaybba, Grahamstown The election of Pope Francis was a breath of fresh air, and he reminded me of...
Jesus is indeed risen
One Friday afternoon before the Jewish feast of Passover almost 2000 years ago there died a leader of a religious...
Popes and the Catholic Social Teachings
Reading the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church one may well ask a curious question: how has the...
Mass readings 24 March – 31 March, 2013
Sunday, March 24, Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-7, Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24, Philippians 2:6-11, Luke 22:14, 23:1-56 or 23:1-49 Monday, March...
Exorcism needs particular care
From Fr Allan Moss OMI, Pietermarizburg I recall a schoolgirl, let’s call her by the pseudonym Angelina, coming home quite...
Our new pope
Open as the conclave of 2013 was, few would have predicted with any measure of confidence that Cardinal Jorge Mario...
Chewing on the way to Communion
Our clergy have neglected their duty to remind parishioners of the meaning of the eucharistic fast. To my mind, this...
How we can stand for rights
In South Africa we celebrate Human Rights Day on March 21 each year to remind us of the great suffering...
