Going golfing with editors
It can’t be much fun working for a big commercial newspaper these days. Journalists all seem to be paranoid about losing their jobs because of takeovers, retrenchments...
May 2010
Why we need a bit of melancholy
As someone raised in a tradition that comes very close to what in the Western culture would be termed stoic (I happen to be very attracted to...
In our mother’s month
This is the month of our mothers, because it is our Mother’s month, she who is the Queen of our hearts, whose heart and body are without...
Sell Catholic land to the poor
From Alan Sauls, Johannesburg After 16 years of democracy and many achievements, millions of South Africans are still waiting for one of the most basic of freedoms,...
The new missal
Within the next couple of years, possibly by late 2011, the English-speaking Church worldwide will be using the newly translated Roman missal, which received the Vatican’s recognitio...
Breaking the alliance of abuse in Church
The Catholic Church is now looking to recover from the sex abuse scandal. COLLEEN CONSTABLE looks at why things went wrong, and how children can be kept...
Aborted morals
From Franco De Grandis, Knysna: I was shocked by the case in Italy where a pregnant mother was allowed to have an abortion on the grounds that...
Being a Holy Land pilgrim
In September, God willing, I’ll be going on my fifth pilgrimage to the Holy Land, this time with Bishop Zithulele Mvemve of Klerksdorp. Five times might sound...
How St Thorlac foiled Attila the son
This is a true story of faith and the power of the novena. Names and places have been changed to protect an innocent grandmother from the wrath...
Fiddling in smoke
You’ve heard the saying: “Nero was fiddling while Rome was burning.” Could we say that about our activities in South Africa at this time? While we’re all...
