“Reform of the Reform”
The National Catholic Reporter online reported (7 January 2010) that Msgr Guido Marini, the chief papal liturgist, has called for […]
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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
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Perspectives
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
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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
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Editorials Editorials 2010
The preaching problem
An Italian bishop has articulated what many Catholics in South Africa are thinking: that homilies — the pre-eminent form of
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Your Letters
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
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Features
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
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Perspectives
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
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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.
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