Stirring times in Scotland
Playing golf on the famous Open courses of Scotland some years ago was for me in all honesty a sham. […]
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Perspectives
Church
Four chapters and counting
As a Church, we are in the midst of the fourth chapter of the contemporary sexual abuse crisis in the
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Church
Moratorium on Homilies
I have just endured another terrible homily at the liturgy this Sunday. The priest started off well, referring to the
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Other Writers Perspectives
The domino effect miracle
By Fr Joe Falkiner OP This experience goes back to 1973. In those days in our country black people had
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Perspectives
A new religious charism in Africa
The African Synod II last October proudly marked the growing number of Africans in religious congregations, some whom occupy important
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Your Letters
Wear a ribbon of repentance
from Dorothea Russell, Cape Town As Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg has said, the Church’s credibility is in ruins because of the sexual
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Editorials Editorials 2010
Why Remain a Catholic?
It has not been easy to be a Catholic lately. The scandal of sexual abuse by Church personnel and the
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Books
A battle of memory in the new SA
DANCE OF THE RAIN, by Tom Naude. Heinemann Publishers, Johannesburg. 2009. 142pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
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Other Writers Perspectives
Cry, the beloved mission station
By Fr Smangaliso Mkhatshwa Until the recent past many Catholic churches, especially in rural areas, were called “missions”. This, in
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