Benediction downgraded?
I have been told that the modern Church has downgraded the old-style worship of the Blessed Sacrament, such as in...
July 2008
Culture of bad service
Before I took a wrong turn and stumbled into journalism, I worked for some years in the hotel trade as...
Mugabe: The man behind the monster
By Oskar Wermter SJ One man is ultimately responsible for Zimbabwe’s national catastrophe, though his supporters share in his guilt:...
Rise of a counter-culture
In the streets of Sydney during World Youth Day, some protesters handed out condoms to passing pilgrims. Reporters later spotted...
40 years of dissent
IN the 40 years since Pope Paul VI released his encyclical Humanae vitae (Of Human Life), which prohibited the conjugal...
For the Sake of Silence – Michael Cawood Green
FOR THE SAKE OF SILENCE, by Michael Cawood Green. Published by Umuzi, Cape Town. 2008. 558pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
Humanae vitae: Paul VI was proved right
By Bishop Edward Adams Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae vitae is almost exclusively linked to birth control. After it was...
How we can cure xenophobia
Last month I endeavoured to show the connection between xenophobia and leadership. This column suggests some long-term strategies for responding...
Pope Benedict, style guru for the noughties
Pope Benedict’s sartorial stylings have made news recently, in lifestyle magazines and in the Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. Last year Esquire...
