Church’s in transition?
When the cardinals prepared to choose a new pope in April, expectations among many of them were high that the...
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An evangelical opportunity
Churches the world over should be rubbing their hands in glee at the radical, global transformation that is taking place...
Church’s dialogue with Jews
Pope Benedict may not engage in the expansive theatrical interplay of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, but he evidently...
Poverty: It’s now or never
It is telling that a cardinal from one of Central America’s poorest countries should agitate so strongly for debt relief...
A shared Eucharist
When in late May Pope Benedict and Cardinal Walter Kasper spoke about the Eucharist, they outlined why they believed sharing...
Teresa of Avila
Few saints were more human than Teresa of Avila. Few saints were more closely intimate with God than she was....
Facing up to suicide
About a year ago, a funeral service caused much uproar in a South African archdiocese. Burying a 14-year-old girl who...
The vice of corruption
We should be glad that authorities expose many cases of corruption in the South African civil service. On the other...
The voice of the papacy
Popes come and go. When they do, the Church’s focus is on the person, the particular man who has worn...
