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 the title of a comedy of many...
January 2010
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 all my carefully considered resolutions have come...
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 Church has correctly elevated three vows as...
The preaching problem
An Italian bishop has articulated what many Catholics in South Africa are thinking: that homilies — the pre-eminent form of preaching, according to Canon Law — are...
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 his letter. I think one of the...
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 birth to a number of digital offspring...
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 in Africa. The news may arouse emotions...
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. That prompted me to sit down at...
This Year, to be More Christ-like
The beginning of the year is the time when most people do their New Year resolutions, renewals and so on. I’m not a fan of resolutions, or...
The Sexual Abuse Scandal and Bishops Who Resign
The sexual abuse scandal continues in the Church. Now some of the Irish bishops involved in covering up the abuse have resigned. This is good news. But...
