MARK YOUR calendar for April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday; on that date Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict will join in the unprecedented canonisation of two popes: John XXIII and John Paul II. The...
IN MY LOCAL church, we are trying to motivate our people for evangelisation with the catch-phrase Confidence in God’s Story. In this month of April we are all thinking about the...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: As a devout and practicing Catholic, not only do I go to Mass every Sunday, but I also confess myself once a month. Lately, however, my confessor told me that this monthly...
A YEAR has passed since that memorable March 13, 2013 when a relatively unknown Argentinean cardinal, Jorge Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s...
A RECENT article in the New Scientist magazine began, “Imagine standing outside the universe. Not just outside space, but outside time too. From this perspective, you gaze down upon...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: It has been 5 years now since death took Geoffrey, my dear husband, away from me. We really loved each other and were married for over 40 years – raising two...
