10: Simon Peter, just like us
Spare a thought for poor Jesus as he pondered whom among his disciples he should pick as the rock on...
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11: Why was Jesus killed?
The inevitable centrepiece of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land is the Via Dolorosa, the Stations of the Cross more...
A Catholic Woodstock
Next week, the world’s Catholic youth will celebrate their faith in Cologne, host city of this year’s World Youth Day...
The effects of abuse
South African Catholics will have been dismayed to learn on national television news that a Catholic priest has been charged...
Harry Potter in good faith
Is it possible that Pope Benedict, a Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, really takes a dim view of JK Rowling’s series of...
The fight against terror
Even with the benefit of some distance since this month’s terror outrage in London, it is difficult to come to...
The pope and Zimbabwe
Pope Benedict is a man of tact and nuance. Where his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, had a tendency towards...
How grand is it to be a grand-parent?
What does it take to become a grandparent? Nothing really. It is one of the things that happens to one...
Keeping the youth in Church
This week, two concerned voices add to the discussion concerning the exodus of young people from the Catholic Church, one...
