Nuptial headhunting
There is a Xhosa saying, “Intonga entle igawulwa”, which loosely translated means that if you want a stick of quality...
2010
Blueprint of the universe
From Pat Dacey, Johannesburg It is both interesting and welcoming to see our priests having open minds regarding evolution. In...
A relevant Church
In the imagination of much of the secular world, the Catholic Church seems to be out of touch with the...
Sudan at the Crossroads
The mostly Christian South of Sudan is standing at a crossroads: in January its people are scheduled to vote on...
A male model of holiness
At the Sunday liturgy at the parish which I attend, we celebrated All Saints Day yesterday with the rest of...
The great thurible swinger
I did not know John van Castricum very well at school because he was a class ahead of me at...
The ‘kingdom of God’
BY CLIFFORD M YEARY In the first chapter of Mark, after Jesus was baptised by John, he was tempted for...
God loser, bad loser
Recently I did something quite unusual: I participated in a “Bosman weekend” in Groot Marico.
Church and Judaism
The history of persecution of Jews in the name of the Catholic Church is a most distressing chapter in our...
