March 2005

A racist Church?

Catholics who this month were greeted with the banner headline informing them that there was a “race shock” in their Church may have reacted in two ways.

Something astonishing

One Friday afternoon before the Jewish feast of Passover almost 2000 years ago there died a leader of a religious movement, crucified by the Romans. As the...

That all might be free

As South Africa prepares for Human Rights Day, March 21, it is fitting that our focus this week should fall on two Catholic archbishops whose episcopates have...

Filmgoer’s Guide to God

THE FILMGOER’S GUIDE TO GOD, by Tim Cawkwell. Darton, Longman & Todd, London. 2004. 170pp. R139. Reviewed by Gunther Simmermacher The author of this thoroughly fascinating book...

Kicking out racism

As South Africans stood in those queues that characterised their first inclusive election, the optimistic elation seemed to suggest that the racial history of this country would...

Lenten books

THE LENTEN JOURNEY TO EASTER: Readings and Reflections for the Weekdays of Lent, by Nicholas King SJ. CB Publications, Cape Town. 2004. 87pp. LENTEN PRAYERS FOR BUSY...

Media: the pope’s mandate

Pope John Paul, in his new apostolic letter on the communications media, Rapid Development, makes a profound point when he observes that the mass media occupy a...