God can use relics to work miracles
From: Tony Meehan, Cape Town – A reader was shocked that pilgrims at the beatification of Pope John Paul II...
August 2011
The primacy of race
Addressing a gathering in Durban recently, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier summarised a frustration he shares with many South Africans about “racial...
The Assumption Gives us Hope
Eastern Churches and some Anglicans are one with the Catholic Church in the belief that Mary was assumed body and...
Daughter, mother and bride of the trinity
BY SIHLE MAGUBANE A question that often arises, not only in Protestant circles, is that of the Catholic Church’s solemn...
Let’s pursue some things trival
The encroachment of television, video games, iPads and smartphones on family life by offering so many platforms for entertainment, seems...
What zebra print says about ourselves
What do zebra print, beaded necklaces and dancing have in common? Well, you might say a school cultural play. You...
Empowering women brings peace
Maybe I have a hang-up about empowered women; a concern that they will abandon their families and go off on...
Darwin’s contribution to humanity
From Pat Dacey, Johannesburg Charles Darwin was neither a theologian or philosopher, but a naturalist who devoted his life to...
Empowering the Catholic youth
As you read this, some 1200 young people from South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland are enthusiastically preparing to participate in...
