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The Wielgus affair
Eyebrows will be raised by the news that Polish Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus has withdrawn a statement signed by him on January 5, two days before his resignation as Warsaw’s archbishop over allegations that he had been a spy for Poland’s communist secret police, the Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa (SB), for more than two decades. Read more…
Creators – Paul Johnson
CREATORS: From Chaucer to Walt Disney, by Paul Johnson. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London. 2006. 310 pp.
Reviewed by Chris Chatteris SJ Read more…
Climate change: the end of the world?
At every Mass we praise God as we say: “Heaven and earth are full of your glory.” This month we were presented with conclusive evidence showing just how far humanity has gone in violating God’s glory on earth by our destructive lifestyle. Read more…
Our Lenten journey
As the Church prepares for the season of Lent, many Catholics will be deciding what habit or comfort to give up this year.
Even many Catholics otherwise inactive in the faith of their upbringing continue the custom of making a sacrifice for Lent. This is as much an expression of cultural Cathol-icism as their participation in Christmas or Easter. Such ties should not be discouraged. Read more…
Brian Littrell – Welcome Home
CD REVIEW
Who would have thought a member of the Backstreet Boys would release an explicitly Christian album? Read more…
Can widowed deacons remarry?
I know a woman married to a deacon. Sadly, she is in poor health and worries that if she dies, her husband, who is still reasonably young, will not be allowed to remarry. Is this right, and what reasons does the Church give for such a strict rule? Read more…
Laity wants to be heard
The parishioners of Rosebank, Johannesburg, who in their concern for the future of priestly vocations compiled the discussion document “Priests for Tomorrow”, must be commended by all who welcome the engagement of the laity in the Church. Read more…
The Call to Fatima: Graces and Mercy
Reviewed by Michail Rassool
The film documentary The Call To Fatima: Graces and Mercy is a useful guide to the events of 1916 and 1917, when the angel of peace and Our Lady appeared to three children in the rural Portuguese town of Fatima, relaying messages from God. Read more…
P.O.D. – Greatest Hits
CD REVIEW
A mainstay of the alternative rock scene for more than a decade, P.O.D. (Payable On Death) have accumulated enough of a catalogue to put together a credible Greatest Hits set. This one covers their output from 1998 to 2006 on the Atlantic label, which they have now left. Read more…
