Pope Francis’ Apostolic Visit to Iraq

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, will carry out his Apostolic Visit to Iraq from the 5th to the 8th of March. According to the programme of the visit the Pope will leave Rome at 7:30 in the morning and arrive in Baghdad at 14:00 in the afternoon. In Iraq among other...

Award-winning Capetonian Fr. Christopher Clohessy

Fr. Christopher Clohessy 1.       You are a priest from Cape Town, and you are a lecturer at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies. How did a priest from Cape Town end up teaching Arabic and Islamic studies of all things, in Rome? Years ago, while...

A new Memorial of Mary, Martha and Lazarus

Sts. Lazarus, Mary and Martha with Jesus Christ News like these don’t travel fast in the secular media, if they do travel at all, so you cannot be blamed if you have not yet heard that Pope Francis has added the memorial of Sts. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus to the...