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June 30 to July 6, 2010
Headlines
» Church’s Wold Cup fever in pictures
» New chancery for Jo’burg
» Xenophobic attacks after World Cup?
» Keeping parish finances honest
» The case for African names
» Fake priest excommunicated
This Week’s Editorial
Violence: We are warned
Crime in South Africa: The Other Side of the Equation
We are accustomed to reading about crime every day, lamenting about it and criticizing the police, security companies, and government, of course. But do we ever ask “Why is there so much crime, what is causing so many people to turn to crime in South Africa?” This article offers a few suggestions, looking at probable causes. Read more…
Violence: We are warned
Over the past few weeks, South Africa has generated a tremendous amount of good will and respect across the world by welcoming the globe’s population to a well-organised and most congenial World Cup. However, the country will relinquish much of that respect and affection if the threat of renewed xenophobic violence is realised, as experts in the field warn.
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All you wanted to know about Jesus
CHRISTOLOGY: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus (2nd edition), by Gerald O’Collins SJ. Oxford University Press, 2009. 385pp
Reviewed by Anthony Egan SJ
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Storming heaven for abuse survivors
From Grace de Lange, East London:
In light of the horrendous reports on the sexual abuses I also feel a Sunday Mass offered for the consolation of those so horrifically betrayed might be an occasion for the Church — us — to show our solidarity and be seen as an attempt to ask their forgiveness. Read more…
Prediction is not our forte
It doesn’t take more than a cursory glance at popular mass media today to realise that a lot of people hang on to every word uttered by celebrities and film stars, even though some of these “modern oracles” have IQs that may not come close to reaching double figures. On the other hand, are we able to believe people who have IQs so high that they qualify for the top echelons of Mensa, or at the very least are considered to be leaders in their particular fields of endeavour? Read more…
Jesus the man broke rules
If one looks at the proliferation of books about the historical Jesus of Nazareth, one might observe an apparently widespread need for rediscovering the person and humanity of Jesus, especially by contemporary secular thinkers.
The exploration of Christ’s humanity is not something new; it goes back as far as the gospel, especially Luke’s. Though there’s very little that is new to these contemporary books, common in them is the need to explore the human traits of Jesus, without the Christ-part of religion. Read more…
The pope is more than a soccer captain
I am confused about what is called the collegiality of the bishops of the Church. If the bishops, including the bishop of Rome, form one college of teaching authority for the Church, how can the pope claim to be the supreme pontiff? If he is supreme, it seems a contradiction for him to claim to be also a member of those over whom he has supremacy. I need some guidance, please.
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Use Church land to train youths
From Christopher Grealy, Johannesburg:
Contrary to Alan Sauls (May 26), I believe selling off Church land is short-sighted.
All land belongs to God, and there are no borders in God’s world. It is the use of land that people are crying for, not land itself. When Christ said “you will want for nothing”, he was indicating whatever we “needed” was already here on earth. The sun shines and the rain falls and the earth produces food. Read more…
June 23 to June 29, 2010
Headlines
» God in the ‘morality debate’
» 50 from SA at closing of Year for Priests
» Mystery over bishops’ murder
» How the gospels see Jesus
» Parish of the Month
