January 2009

Highlight of the Catholic week

By Fr Kevin Reynolds, Pretoria The plethora of letters and articles in your newspaper since the introduction of amended English liturgical texts is understandable.

Waiting for Vatican III

26th January was the 50th anniversary of Blessed John XXIII’s announcement that an ecumenical council would be held beginning in 1962. He asked the whole church to...

How much for my sock?

I  find it quite alarming how rapidly the gap between rich and poor is widening. And to make matters worse, it seems that the rich are going...