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Church’s in transition?
When the cardinals prepared to choose a new pope in April, expectations among many of them were high that the man they would elect would usher in a new era in the Church that would see greater collegiality and less centralisation of the Roman curia. Read more…
An evangelical opportunity
Churches the world over should be rubbing their hands in glee at the radical, global transformation that is taking place in the way in which companies and governments communicate with consumers, prospective customers, voters and society in general.
Because, as a result of this transformation, right now billions of people the world over are more ready than they have been for decades, to either turn to religion or embrace their existing religions a lot more meaningfully. Read more…
Church’s dialogue with Jews
Pope Benedict may not engage in the expansive theatrical interplay of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, but he evidently has a keen appreciation for the symbolic gesture, so it was appropriate that the German pope would prioritise meeting a high-powered delegation of Jewish representatives, the first such non-Christian group he has welcomed. Read more…
Poverty: It’s now or never
It is telling that a cardinal from one of Central America’s poorest countries should agitate so strongly for debt relief and aid to alleviate the desperate poverty in Africa, a manifestation of our continent’s appalling distress. Read more…
A shared Eucharist
When in late May Pope Benedict and Cardinal Walter Kasper spoke about the Eucharist, they outlined why they believed sharing Communion with other churches remains inappropriate. Read more…
Teresa of Avila
TERESA OF AVILA: An Extraordinary Life, by Shirley du Boulay. Darton, Longman & Todd, London. 2004. 270pp.
Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
Facing up to suicide
About a year ago, a funeral service caused much uproar in a South African archdiocese. Burying a 14-year-old girl who had impulsively shot herself, the presiding priest in his sermon launched into a discourse on the sin of suicide, effectively leaving the bereaved family and friends with an impression that their lost girl would be denied access to the eternal life. Read more…
