Anglican discord
Whenever religious faith is a source of conflict between believers, God’s name is offended. In that light, the potential for...
July 2008
The writer’s great fear of the blank mind and page
Every writer lives in fear. It’s a dread that would make dealing with the taxman followed by an unanaesthetised root...
Why do young Catholics go Pentecostal?
Why is it that so many young people, including Catholics, are attracted to join the Pentecostal churches such as the...
Mandela at 90
AS we celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday on July 18, we rejoice that God has spared us our Father of...
Are you a ‘Nothing Catholic’
It is estimated that by the year 2050 the whole of Latin (South) America will be Protestant. Once a Catholic continent,...
A better Mass
By Bishop Edward Risi OMI The liturgy of the Mass as we celebrate it presently is in many respects far...
Letter from my hospital bed
The first time I spent spell in this hospital was for the birth of our youngest child; a happy memory...
The soundtrack of silence
In 1984 a German filmmaker asked the Carthusian grand prior whether he might film the contemplative monks of the order’s...
The women priests debate
The Vatican’s statement last month reiterating that Catholic women who are ordained to the priesthood, and those ordaining them, are...
