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...
2009
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...
Betting to lose
The emergence of Internet gambling should give us cause for alarm, especially in light of suggestions that on-line casinos are...
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...
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...
Those old school days
Ever since I can remember, my three older siblings have insisted that while they were all born in maternity hospitals...
How politics destroys the soul
There’s a dictum which, if I’m not mistaken, is ascribed to Franz Kafka: In the battle between yourself and the...
A radical call to reform
The Catholic doctrines of social justice are sometimes described as the Church’s “best kept secret”. The release of Pope Benedict’s...
Verwoerd still haunts education
I was disappointed that the article “School system must be reformed first” (July 1-7), while accurately analysing the reasons for...
