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The next pope
Catholics watching images of the recent papal Mass in Lourdes will have been saddened at the palpable extent of Pope John Paul’s physical decline, even after years of observing illnesses devastating this once robust pontiff. Read more…
Pro-life on all fronts
The Catholic Church professes an immutable belief in the sanctity of life, a principle that bridges doctrinal, theological and philosophical friction within the Church. Read more…
Cancel Christmas? About time, too!
The Sunday newspaper headline screamed: “Christmas cancelled”. “Hooray, yippee! About time too!” I screamed back, punching the air and whooping with delight.
No, I have not become agnostic, and no, the story behind the headline was not that government had any intention of denying the birth of Christ, but rather just rationalising the high number of public holidays we have. Read more…
Western Muslims and the Future of Islam
WESTERN MUSLIMS AND THE FUTURE OF ISLAM, by Tariq Ramadan. Oxford University Press. 2004. 272 pp.
Reviewed by Jack Kearney
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The bishops and abortion
If the Church cannot convince legislators that life is sacred because it begins at conception, then we have next to no chance of persuading them to repeal legalised abortion in South Africa. Read more…
Sisters sharing joys and pains
I have focused on the marriage and parenting elements of family life for some time, but it now seems to me I’ve neglected another important element–the sibling relationship.
We talk of brotherly love, but maybe in too abstract a way. The Afrikaans word naasteliefde is something like it, but is also more general, also seems to concern neighbour more than brother. In our asexual way of speaking, brotherly love doesn’t really speak to me about brothers. Or maybe I don’t understand brothers so well as I never had any. But sisterly love is something else. Read more…
No vocations crisis
South African Catholics who rely on the secular press for information about their Church may well feel despondent regarding the much-trumpeted vocations crisis. Read more…
