April 2009

Called To Serve

In this issue we examine God’s call for vocations from various angles: how that call is heard, how it is expressed in consecrated ministry, the potential for...

Baptism not for Easter Mass

I imagine that for all Catholics, to attend a beautiful sung Mass on Easter Sunday morning must be one of the most joyous occasions of the year;...

Pray for Zim prisoners

Pictures of starving and dying prisoners in Zimbabwe jails, so reminiscent of World War II concentration-camp pictures, have moved me to tears and helpless anger, and to...

AIDS: Last lines of defence

The public indignity that greeted Pope Benedict’s comments about Aids prevention, made in March on his flight to Cameroon, has been misplaced. It is difficult to shake...

Murderous school discipline

Regarding the article “We spray jealousy like bullets” by Ron Rolheiser OMI (April 8-14), I suggest another dimension to mass murders in schools and colleges.

Consult the wise

Late in March, a local newspaper portrayed Pope Benedict sealed in a condom. Has proclamation against condoms become the main message of the Church on a continent...