The historical Judas
The release earlier this month of the content of the long-lost Gospel of Judas is exciting news indeed. How can the emergence of a text lost for...
April 2006
Pope Benedict, a year on
Since that April evening a year ago when Joseph Ratzinger was presented to the world as Pope Benedict XVI, comparisons with his predecessor, John Paul II, have...
God rock
By Günther Simmermacher Christian music — it’s a bit of a turn-off term for many music fans, even among some committed Catholics. The Hillsong type albums, the...
The incredible news
Picture the scene in the bustling Jerusalem newsroom one April day in 33AD, just after the feast of Passover. You are the editor, and have just received...
The 11th Commandment
Holy Week affords us an opportunity to observe the single most powerful expression of love yet: Jesus’ self-sacrifice for the sins of all humanity. In his encyclical Deus...
The youth of today, eh? All cooking and praying
The most recent research into the way South Africans think, behave, buy and react to one another is extremely positive and encouraging most of all the statistics...
Why I will not bury St Joseph
Selling a house, as my wife and I have been doing in preparation for our move from Sandton in Johannesburg to Simon’s Town in the Cape, is...
