This is the third and final part of Cardinal WILFRID NAPIER’s series on religion and the common good. What is the common good? According to Catholic teaching the principle of the common good to which every aspect of social life must be related if it is to attain its fullest meaning, stems from the dignity, [...]

By Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM Last week I aimed to explain what God has to do with morals and service delivery. Allow me to explain further. The first truth revealed to us about God is that he is a God of order, of harmony and of peace—the very things that we human beings need in [...]

By Bishop Jan de Groef of Bethlehem During October we traditionally celebrate World Mission Sunday, this year on Sunday October 18. Many dioceses give the whole month of October a “Mission” focus. I appreciate this very much as one cannot overstate the need of being a missionary Church.

By Bishop Stephen Brislin The ministerial priesthood has its foundation in the Priesthood of Christ which therefore forms the starting point for the understanding of priesthood.

By Bishop Edward Risi OMI In this article I would like to look at some of the words which the new translation has brought back into the Mass texts. But firstly, I would like to explain why the bishops of Southern Africa went ahead of other bishops’ conferences in the implementation of the new Mass [...]

By Bishop Edward Adams The Church is theandric (that is, divine and human) and from time to time the “andric” part needs purification. Through the ages we have seen how God purified the Church — the People of God — through his prophets.

On Pentecost, we celebrate the birthday of the Church and, this year, the 20th anniversary of the Southern African region’s Pastoral Plan, “Community Serving Humanity”, as Bishop MICHAEL WÜSTENBERG of Aliwal North explains.

By Bishop Edward Risi OMI Immediately after the the Second Vatican Council, the body responsible for putting into practice the decisions of the Council in regard to the liturgy was known as the Concilium. It proposed the principles of “dynamic equivalence” as the way forward in preparing translations of the Mass in the vernacular.

By Archbishop Buti Tlhagale OMI Pope John Paul II declared 2005 the Year of the Eucharist. At the conclusion of that year, he canonised five saints distinguished for their Eucharistic piety. He also issued the apostolic letter Mane Nobiscum Domine and an encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2005), on the mystery and worship of the Holy [...]