Year-end Review 2010
It was the year when South Africa hosted the football world as well as the relics of St Therese of...
2010
Music for the masses
From Barbara Gregory, Johannesburg In response to Fr Chris Townsend’s opinion article “Why I Hate Catholic Music” (December 15), I...
Our prayers for 2011
Poverty remains the greatest threat to peace in South Africa. The recent food riots in Mozambique, experts warn, could be...
Look before you leap
As the year draws to a close many of us will probably be thinking ahead to 2011 and praying as...
I’m sure Mary and Joseph bickered
I don’t know why Professor William Ochieng’ threw that huge tantrum the other day. Prof Ochieng’ is a respected Kenyan...
Christmas Blessings to all!
To all my readers, I wish you the gifts of this Holy Season and a year of peace. More reflections...
Apology to the Holy Father
From Aideen Gonlag, St Michaels-on-sea, Kwa-Zulu Natal Some six months ago in the midst of the sex abuse controversy in...
A new mission
Pope Benedict dominated headlines in the secular and Catholic press in 2010. Some of these were welcome, while others most...
Put Christmas back into the world
Following years of paranoid political correctness by countries and companies falling over themselves to not offend non-Christians at Christmas-time, sanity...
