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Canon Law Revisions for Abusive Priests
Pope Widens Church Law to Target Sexual Abuse of Adults by Priests and Laity The new rules explicitly criminalize the sexual exploitation of adults by priests who abuse their authority, and the changes also apply to laypeople with power in the church. Pope Francis...
Hans Küng, celebrated and controversial Swiss theologian, has died
by Patricia Lefevere, National Catholic Reporter, Apr 6, 2021 Catholic priest and theologian Hans Küng, the renowned scholar and prolific writer who had lived with Parkinson's disease, macular degeneration and arthritis since 2013, died April 6 at his home in...
The Theological Debate on Celibacy (2)
This is the second of two parts of an article on Celibacy by Fr Anthony Egan SJ that appeared in Spotlight.Africa...
The Theological Debate on Celibacy
This is the first of two parts of an article by Fr Anthony Egan SJ which appeared recently in Spotlight.Africa:...
SACBC Pastoral Plan 2019
The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference has published the new Pastoral Plan. You can read if by clicking on the following link: https://sacbc.org.za/Pastoral%20Plan%20-%20CIE%20proof.pdf
Bishops Vote for Married Priests for the Amazon
Bishops vote for married priests, call developed world to repent for harming Amazon Oct 28, 2019by Thomas Reese, Religion News Service Vatican City — The synod of bishops meeting in Rome voted on Oct. 26 to recommend the pope allow the ordination of married men as...
Cardinal Designate has Defended Indigenous People
Cardinal-designate has defended indigenous people, migrants for decades by Mary Jo McConahay, NCR, September 2019 Huehuetenango, Guatemala — "May I join you?" The first words of the future cardinal, Guatemalan Bishop Álvaro Ramazzini, to the future pope, Argentine...
Documentary on the abuse of nuns
France: documentary film on abuse suffered by nuns aired on “Arte” channel yesterday. Bishops, “deep indignation, sadness and anger” 6 March 2019 Feelings of “deep indignation, sadness and anger” were expressed by the French Bishops’ Conference and the Conference of...
New Testament Workshop in Cape Town Saturday 27 April 2019
New Testament Workshop
Saturday 27 April 2019
08.30-17.30
REDISCOVERING THE JESUS OF THE GOSPELS
How to study the Gospels to discover the truth about Jesus and his Good News
In the course of the workshop led by distinguished local New …
Book Review by Mike Pothier. “A Life in Letters. Selected Correspondence of Denis Hurley”
BOOK REVIEW • THE LETTERS OF DENIS HURLEY
Sweeping the clouds away
Towards the end of his extraordinary life, Archbishop Denis Hurley would be called the “guardian of the light”—truly someone who swept the clouds away and let …