Spirituality

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable....

President & Coordinator of the World Apostolate of Fatima in Africa The Catholic weekly “Independent” of Sunday 12th July, 2015 carried a front page news captioned “Catholic Bishops Affirm Stand...

Continued from Last Week 8. Fasting: In order to help the suffering souls, we must render satisfaction to God for the sins that divine justice by corresponding works of atonement,...

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994), all those who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but...

Many parents are unsure whether their children’s problems are the result of their genes, of what they learned in the home or owing to societal pressures. Childbearing has never been...

Nowadays, it feels romantic to think of the banishment of religion. However, without religion, morality has no firm foundation, no supernatural content and context and can most likely produce mischief-making...

During the night of January 2-3, 1873, at 42, St. Blaise Street in Alecon, France, the ninth and last child of Louis Joseph Stanislaus Martin and Marie Zelie Guerin was...

A couple of weeks ago, a friend simply wrote on her Facebook page: “Where did we get the word Holy Ghost from?” And this generated some philosophical cum theological uproar...

Estelle Faguette, a thirtytwo-year-old servant, was at point of death. She had suffered with a tumour for ten years and now tuberculosis was dealing the final blow. As she was...

In the Middle Ages, Catholic theology concentrated mostly on Christ’s passion; at the side of the Man of Sorrows, however, was the Sorrowful Mother, sharing His suffering. The Gospel of...