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South Africa’s sainthood cause
Pope John Paul has described the saints as people who have “lived an ordinary life in an extraordinary way”. This surely is true of Abbot Francis Pfanner, the founder of a South Africa-based charism that has spread to other parts of the world. Read more…
School bullies: Fighting back
Statistics suggesting that half of all children subjected to bullying in schools are likely to develop psychological harm as a result of such harassment should alarm us. Read more…
Same sex unions: Shaping the law
The government’s new proposed policy on religion in education is the fruit of tough negotiations between an education minister instinctively inimical to religion on one side, and religious bodies willing to take a pragmatic route on the other. In this, the Catholic bishops played a major role, thanks mainly to the fine efforts of the Catholic Institute of Education. Read more…
How to be a Perfect Stranger
HOW TO BE A PERFECT STRANGER: The essential religious etiquette handbook (3rd edition). Edited by Stuart M Matlins & Arthur J Magida. Published by Skylight Paths: Woodstock, Vermont, 2003. 432pp.
Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher
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Women in the Church
In August, South Africans observe the secular National Women’s Day. Catholics also celebrate their patronal feast day of the Assumption, dedicated to the mother of God. Both days should give us occasion to reflect on the situation of women in society and Church. Read more…
Living With Saints
LIVING WITH SAINTS, by Mary O’Connel. Published by Review, London. 2001. 231pp.
Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher
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Murder at Morija
MURDER AT MORIJA, by Tim Couzens. Published by Random House, Johannesburg. 2003. 468pp.
Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
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Jesus in Mark
JESUS IN MARK: A teacher for the new century, by Br Mark Colussi. Published by Paulines Publications Africa, Nairobi, 2003. 160pp.
Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
