“Reform of the Reform”
The National Catholic Reporter online reported (7 January 2010) that Msgr Guido Marini, the chief papal liturgist, has called for...
January 2010
Something funny happened on the way to the synod
By Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM Something funny happened to me on the way to the Forum. These words, borrowed from...
Let’s play buzzword bingo
As is usual round about this time, a fortnight into the new year, I force myself to stop wondering why...
The power of washing feet
It is a pity that servant leadership has been largely ignored by the Christian church over the centuries. The Catholic...
The preaching problem
An Italian bishop has articulated what many Catholics in South Africa are thinking: that homilies — the pre-eminent form of...
Gandhi was not racist
As Dr Mbuyiseni Mtshali (December 9) was dismayed by Fr Noel Peter’s views on Gandhiji, I too am dismayed by...
Catholic paper set to go digital
Source: Weekend Argus January 9 2010 South Africa’s 90 year-old Catholic weekly newspaper, The Southern Cross, is about to give...
African answers to African realities
With the modern, fast means of communication, what happens in China is immediately relayed, live and fresh, to some village...
Cleaning up world health, spotlessly
In an idle moment on New Year’s Day, I was pondering the old adage about cleanliness being next to godliness....
