Justice at the centre of evangelisation
No one living in the world today needs convincing as to how poverty crucifies its victims. It comes mostly in...
2010
The roots of the ‘liturgy wars’
A CHALLENGING REFORM: Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal 1963 – 1975, by Archbishop Piero Marini. Liturgical Press, Collegeville,...
Respect for holy places
From Fr Severiano Phiri, Taung: The letter of Rosemary Gravenor “We dress our hearts for God” (March 17-23) confirmed for...
A heavenly hotline for almost every problem
By John Cowan In the days long before telephone hotlines and call centres, ordinary people had to cope with a...
Abuse: The boil must be lanced
The relentless focus on revelations of sexual abuse by Church personnel and their cover-up is a constant source of pain...
Christian struggle for justice recalled
JOURNEYING FOR JUSTICE: Stories for an Ongoing Faith-based Struggle. Jive Media, Pietermaritzburg. 2009. 144pp. Reviewed by Chris Chatteris SJ
How the rules for sainthood changed
It is my understanding that in the early days of the Church there was no such thing as a cause...
Believing beyond seeing
Mankind’s propensity to believe in perception rather than truth never ceases to amaze me. Certainly, the media and communications industries...
More than words
Nothing can confuse communication as much as words. One can choose them as carefully as possible, shooting for pin-point accuracy...
