My father is gone, but he lives on
I did not expect my father to go so soon. Even now I don’t know how to describe my feelings....
August 2008
Change is Part of God’s Plan
Tony Meehan, Cape Town – Â Fr Remo Bonifazi was shocked (Anti-Catholic, letters July 23-29) by your editorial of July 2-8,...
The look of love
By John Galloway OMI The response of most Catholics to Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae was probably that...
How women dress
Less than a century ago, it was considered indecent for a woman to bare her ankles. Today, as fashions have...
Getting sick from hands at Mass?
We shake hands at Mass with all sorts of people. Then the sacred host is put in the same hands...
An exemplary couple
What happens when an adventurous Irish young man travels to South Africa and suddenly finds himself face to face with...
Church’s new image is rich
Bishop Edward Risi OMI, in his column “A better Mass” (July 9-15) asks: “What makes the Mass we celebrate today...
SA’s moral obligation
South African politicians, like their counterparts elsewhere, have a way of missing the point. This failing reached a spectacular culmination...
Towards the Light – Jeanne Els
TOWARDS THE LIGHT: Hope in the Face of Depression, by Jeanne Els. Lux Verbi BM, Wellington. 2008. 224pp. Reviewed by...
