Starting to talk
Social communications is the term the Catholic Church uses to describe its means of speaking to the faithful and the...
August 2005
Dangers in transformation
In the dark days of apartheid, the Catholic bishops shone a light of hope in the fight against institutionalised racism.
Behind Israel’s wall
A series in this newspaper on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land has raised the hackles of some readers who...
1: Welcome in the Holy Land
In bygone eras, pilgrims to the Holy Land would arrive at the bustling, colourful port of Jaffa (at least if...
2: Where Jesus and Mary stood
When the author Mark Twain made his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1869, he found Nazareth “wonderfully interesting because...
3: On Jesus’ stage
The advent of Jesus’ public ministry arguably was his baptism by his relative John, the itinerant preacher of a new...
4: Galilean boatride
Tabgha, at the foot of the Mount of Beatitudes, is one of those sites that reminds us that Jesus’ concerns...
5: Transfiguration of the pilgrim
A Holy Land pilgrimage is a transforming experience. This is not necessarily evident externally, but few pilgrims come home without...
6: Bethlehem – Joy and Pain
One makes many new friends on a pilgrimage. As one shares a profound spiritual journey with others, one becomes close...
