Marketing vocations
The Catholic Church worldwide is facing difficulties in attracting sufficient candidates for the priesthood and the religious life.
May 2011
Is it time for a pastoral response to homosexuality in South Africa?
I am appalled to read, yet again, in our newspapers about the “corrective” rape and murder of a thirteen year...
Mary’s role in our salvation
I give instruction in the faith and sometimes have problems explaining the role of Mary in salvation history, as the...
Scrapping liquor ads will cost jobs
When President Jacob Zuma announced that billions of rands worth of taxpayers’ money was going to be spent on creating...
On my road to Emmaus…
I have always imagined myself with the two disciples going from Jerusalem to Emmaus, feeling dejected after witnessing their hope,...
Vatican II in a nutshell
BY ANTHONY EGAN SJ ‘The bishops met in Rome and then we had Mass in English.” This comment I heard...
Why we need hope and joy
BY CARDINAL WILFRID NAPIER OFM Who needs hope and joy? We all do! That’s the simple answer. In South Africa,...
Hope&Joy: A landmark moment
The launch on May 8 of the Hope&Joy Network may well become a landmark moment for the Catholic Church in...
