Rocking the Church
When Pope Benedict receives the gift of an iPod containing modern interpretations of hymns by British artists Boyce & Stanley, one may well hope that he should...
September 2007
Requiem for a seminary
At the door are Umkhonto we Sizwe veterans who visited me in the parish. They were bearers of good news. They are canvassing that our parish, St...
Brian McKnight – Ten
CD REVIEW The album title is an unsubtle hint that Brian McKnight is celebrating a decade of albums (he seems to be content to include his 2002...
Fight the Stigma of Depression
There remains a perception among some Catholics that people who commit suicide are automatically excluded from God’s mercy and salvation. This is a false position which requires...
Pope’s iPod
By Simon Caldwell British musicians recorded the classic Irish hymn Sweet Heart of Jesus in a calypso, disco style and sent it to Pope Benedict on an...
Work Tirelessly to Fulfill God’s Plans
Why we should care about Christian leadership I would like to open the discussion on the topic of leadership by asking the reader to reflect on two...
Bishops and politics
The editor’s responses to letters are customarily confined to brief footnotes, and even these are few. On rare occasions, however, letters merit a response more comprehensive than...
The value of teamwork
Remember that old joke about business partners? Fellow on the phone says: “Sorry, my partner can’t come to the phone, he’s tied up right now…I always tie...
The abortion debate
The teaching of the Catholic Church on abortion is unequivocal: life begins at the point of conception, and the right to life is inalienable from that point...
From social to sociable
Did your parish observe Social Communications Sunday last week? I’m almost inclined to say ha!ha! Who reads these days and what is social communications anyway? I sometimes...
