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Year-end Review 2004
Tribute to a Catholic journalist
Only in exceptional circumstances should an editorial serve as a tribute to one who has died. The death of Southern Cross columnist Noel Bruyns on December 6 at the age of 48 is one such such occasion. Read more…
Gay unions; What now
Now that the legalisation of what is widely referred to as “gay marriage” is virtually inevitable in South Africa, the local Church must find a strategy in dealing with new realities. Read more…
The last Christmas?
This may be the last Christmas as a national public holiday. There are people lobbying to get rid of Christian holidays. And we know very well that with the South African parliament and the Constitutional Court anything is possible. Read more…
Silent night, holy night
Guest editorial by Mgr Jan Jaworski
During the silent and holy night, Jesus Christ, the infant God-man, comes into this world. Stillness reigns, nearby Bethlehem is asleep. Read more…
When was Jesus born? An investigation
How can we know when Jesus was really born? Comparing the Jewish and Gregorian (Western) calendars, COLIN GILLOT uses logical speculation to find the likely time of the first Christmas.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Six days later he rested, and we have been counting ever since. Matthew 1:17 tells us that “the sum of generations is: 14 from Abraham to David; 14 from David to the Babylonian deportation; and 14 from the Babylonian deportation to Christ.”
The cure to stress: Be a good Christian
If you’re looking for a meaningful, last minute Christmas gift, have a look at a little book titled Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff.
The title may sound trite and trivial, but it is in fact a tome of immense profundity, and one that makes the daily grind so much more rewarding and self-satisfying. Read more…
A new synod for Africa
The Catholic Church in Africa will be invigorated by Pope John Paul’s announcement that he plans to convene a second African Synod of Bishops, a decade after the first synod ended. Read more…
Two kinds of Christmas
Every year around Advent, a slew of Christmas-themed movies hits the cinemas. Some are deliberately cynical, others take a more conventional approach of highlighting positive seasonal virtues. Read more…
Roll out those crazy, hazy days of summer
There is that old Nat King Cole song buzzing around in my head that goes: “Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer,” and it continues, “the days of soda and pretzels and beer.”
In South Africa that might be days of sunshine, braais, booze and shop till you drop, with not much of the lazy days till after Christmas, when we drop from exhaustion. Read more…
