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A father to the poor
For 17 years Sean Whittle sacrificed all to feed the poor in the mining town
of Virginia. His widow LUKY WHITTLE reflects on the extraordinary father of the poor, who died last year.
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The lost people of Mapungubwe
It may not be the biggest jewel in the crown of South Africa’s awesome national parks, but it is certainly the most exotic and unique. It is called Mapungubwe, and a visit there is not just about animals and bush but also about going back something like a thousand years, when a sacred mountain was inhabited by a royal family governing a highly intelligent people. The forebears of the majority of South Africans? No one yet knows.
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Eiffel Tower’s African model
Referring to Chris Moerdyk’s column on the Eiffel Tower (November 11-17), your readers may find it interesting to learn that the famous tower has close connection with Africa in that it was modelled by Gustave Eiffel on this unique animal of the Bushveld, the giraffe.
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Can we trust the visionaries?
By Allan Moss OMI
While people hunger for miracles and devotees flock to visionaries, let’s remember that the greatest miracle is the Eucharist, where we encounter the risen Lord in his mysteries right in our parishes.
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November 25 to December 1, 2009
Headlines
» Church praise for Zuma on Aids
» New bishop for Witbank
» Call to convert criminals
» Aids: What the Church is doing
» Advent reflection: The wait for Christ begins
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AIDS: No easy answers
President Jacob Zuma this month acknowledged that South Africa is “not yet winning” the fight against HIV/Aids, pointing out that the country’s mortality rates may soon overtake birth rates, calling for the introduction of “extraordinary measures”. The president’s reality check is welcome — especially in light of his own previous puzzling comments on the subject — and must now prompt the government to catch up on the neglectful prevarication of the Mbeki era.
Pius XII saved many lives
It is so very hurtful to read words of doubt and even of unjust criticism of Pope Pius XII (Steve Lincoln’s letter on November 4-10). Often these words are written by people that weren’t even born when these tragic events were evolving in the most inhuman manner during World War 2.
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The unity of the body and soul
I was taught catechism by strictly disciplined German nuns. One indelible piece of information was that we were born, “body and soul”. Now I’m being told, not too convincingly, that we were born, “body, soul and spirit”. Kindly elaborate and set my troubled mind at ease.
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Dig this: some crazy papal goings-on
Chatting with Günther Simmermacher, the editor of The Southern Cross, recently about my column three weeks ago on the life of the patron saint of murderers, St Caedwalla, he suggested that I look up the life of Pope Formosus for an equally bizarre story.
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What is friendship?
The singer Billy Joel once observed that “life is a series of hellos and goodbyes”. You meet people, become friendly, then lose contact because of relocation, change of employment, perhaps a disagreement, or just boredom.
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