Are there still any rules regarding the altar cloth? I would be grateful for information on this matter, as the Internet is not clear in providing it. Parishioner, Polokwane Before the reforms of Vatican II, it was the general rule that the high altar in the church was to be covered by three cloths. The [...]
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My special time in Rome
There are two major differences between the conclave of 2005 and that of 2013. The first is that the failing health of Pope John Paul II had given us ample notice that his pontificate was coming to a close. By contrast Pope Benedict XVI appeared to be in good health even just three months before he [...]
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Limits on who may be Catholic?
From John Greene, Cape Town In the Mail & Guardian of April 12–18, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of Durban is reported as stating that “you can’t practise in the Catholic Church if you aren’t married and are sexually active”. The statement is absolute and unqualified—it does not say “fully practise”, or refer to reception of the Eucharist. [...]
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Learning from Germans
In April the Justice and Peace (J&P) Commission of the archdiocese of Cape Town was fortunate to have an information-sharing session with a visiting German Church delegation, led by Bishop Stephan Josef Ackermann of Trier. Bishop Ackermann is the chairman of J&P in Germany, and also the bishop assigned to deal with sexual abuse cases in [...]
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Mary, our guide to evangelisation
BY ANTHONY GATHAMBIRI IMC May is traditionally the month of Mary. It is a time to renew our relationship with Mary, the star of evangelisation. In this Year of Faith in particular, her company is essential if we want to remain faithful to the mission of taking Jesus to people. She had manifold qualities of a [...]
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God’s ways are not ours
God shows that his ways are not those of humans when he chooses David, the youngest of Jesse’s sons, to be the future King of Israel (I Samuel 16:7). A serious reflection on the story of Jesus will show that he came to show us a very different approach to life from the approach we humans [...]
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