The gift of reconciliation
The sacrament of reconciliation, or confession, is one of Church’s great gifts to the faithful. Properly conducted, by confessor and […]
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Editorials Editorials 2009
Your Letters
Refugees of superior fibre
I applaud your editorial “South Africa’s great failure” of July 1 regarding our lack of charity towards those people from
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Church
Growing up with kids
Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God’s omnipotence did not
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Perspectives
St Paul’s leadership challenge
God calls people in the circumstances of their lives, and every person has a duty to discover their purpose in
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Other Writers Perspectives
Zimbabwe and a new Constitution
By Clutton Patsika The Zimbabwean crisis which has led to a recession spanning nine years is usually blamed on a
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Editorials Editorials 2009
Betting to lose
The emergence of Internet gambling should give us cause for alarm, especially in light of suggestions that on-line casinos are
Your Letters
It’s not a sin to criticise the Church
The Vatican Letter by Cindy Wooden (“A safer, healing Church”) concerning child abuse in Ireland refers. Ideas concerning acceptable physical
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Perspectives Shackleton
Mortal and venial sin – the difference
My very Catholic mother (a convert) taught me that sin was sin, and Jesus never graded it into mortal and
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Perspectives
Those old school days
Ever since I can remember, my three older siblings have insisted that while they were all born in maternity hospitals
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