Year-end Review 2010
It was the year when South Africa hosted the football world as well as the relics of St Therese of Lisieux, the clerical abuse scandal exploded again...
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 31, 2010 · Last modified April 26, 2018
It was the year when South Africa hosted the football world as well as the relics of St Therese of Lisieux, the clerical abuse scandal exploded again...
From Barbara Gregory, Johannesburg In response to Fr Chris Townsend’s opinion article “Why I Hate Catholic Music” (December 15), I am, with respect, happy that he is...
Poverty remains the greatest threat to peace in South Africa. The recent food riots in Mozambique, experts warn, could be replicated in South Africa, possibly fuelled by...
by Chris Moerdyk · Published December 26, 2010 · Last modified December 21, 2010
As the year draws to a close many of us will probably be thinking ahead to 2011 and praying as hard as we can for our political,...
by Henry Makori · Published December 26, 2010 · Last modified December 21, 2010
I don’t know why Professor William Ochieng’ threw that huge tantrum the other day. Prof Ochieng’ is a respected Kenyan historian, one of those who cut their...
To all my readers, I wish you the gifts of this Holy Season and a year of peace. More reflections on the church, life in South Africa...
From Aideen Gonlag, St Michaels-on-sea, Kwa-Zulu Natal Some six months ago in the midst of the sex abuse controversy in the Church and what appeared to be...
Pope Benedict dominated headlines in the secular and Catholic press in 2010. Some of these were welcome, while others most certainly were not.
by Chris Moerdyk · Published December 19, 2010 · Last modified December 14, 2010
Following years of paranoid political correctness by countries and companies falling over themselves to not offend non-Christians at Christmas-time, sanity has prevailed quite spectacularly in both Britain...
by admin · Published December 19, 2010 · Last modified December 14, 2010
BY FR CHRIS TOWNSEND Oh joy! Recently I read a blog by one James Macmillan about Catholic music which made me want to jump and dance and...
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