Living the Leviticus way
My father was a wise man, as legions of matric pupils at Pretoria Boys’ High School will attest. I remember...
August 2011
New realities in pastoral care
My friend Zachariah once shocked me when he said that he wanted to be a catechist. Zach had completed his...
Doing small things with great love
I was raised in a matriarchal home. And all around me, in my parish and in my community, I saw...
Inculturation Re-visited
Rome Losing Interest? Unlike the late Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict seldom speaks about inculturation. But the fact that...
Dogmatic definition
From Brian Gaybba, Grahamstown The report on my talk (June 22) was of necessity too brief to give the justification...
The rights of women
It is almost 40 years ago since the Second Vatican Council in its closing message predicted: “The hour is coming,...
Is the death of marriage near?
BY SAMUEL FRANCIS IMC The headline in a Kenyan daily newspaper a few months ago demanded: “Is the institution of...
