DID YOU know that the mascara you use can cause blindness to hundreds of animals during the process of testing? The Draize tests, for example, involve the application of solutions of products...
TOWARDS the end of November we keep the feast of Christ the King, a relatively new addition to the Church’s calendar and so not known as such to Saint Anthony. This year, the readings at Mass...
VERY FEW people welcome the shortening of days that occurs as we approach the winter solstice and the very longest night of the year. For those of you who live in the southern part of the planet this...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: I am 37-year-old married woman with two splendid young boys. We are reasonably well off – though we do have to curtail our expenses from time to time. After my first...
AS A TRUE friar minor St Anthony praised and glorified the Virgin Mary from the pulpit, where with simple yet lofty doctrine he moved multitudes to savour her sweet name. Furthermore, he imitated her...
POPE JOHN Paul II knew that continuous dialogue between different denominations and religions was the most effective means of bringing about mutual understanding and reconciliation. He knew that...
