Clearing a Pope’s Name
Can Pope Pius XII still be rehabilitated from the calumny of being dubbed Hitlers pope? Newly released documents from the...
2006
An unwelcome welcome
Reports of guests in our country being attacked, often lethally, by South Africans should be a cause for serious alarm....
1: Unique journeys to God
When 45 people meet at Johannesburg airport to embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Italy (with travel-imposed...
2: Graces in Galilee
The area around the Sea of Galilee (or Sea of Gennesaret, as the evangelist Luke called it) is my favourite...
3: Where rank will not impress
The road to the magnificent Barluzzi-designed church atop Mount Tabor the site of the transfiguration snakes and winds by way...
4: Inside a walled ghetto
Bethlehem means the house of bread, and here, the Gospel tells us, the Bread of Life was born. And here,...
5: Mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives is my favourite part of Jerusalem. This was where Jesus would make his home when visiting...
6: Waiting for ladder to fall
Occasionally I am asked about my favourite place in the Holy Land. It is a difficult question to answer. For...
7: A vision that changed history
Our time in the Holy Land was slowly winding down. For a week we followed in the footsteps of Jesus,...
