The African giants of the early Church
Last month I gave a portrait of the early Church. Before we leave that period of Church history, we need...
September 2011
Keeping the faith after scandals
Surely the Church, founded by Christ who is God, should not be showing evidence of clerical abuse of minors, cover-ups...
The truth about reading fiction
BY ANTHONY GATHAMBIRI IMC In this era of electronic screens, people are more in tune with audio-visual information than they...
Let the new missal bring harmony
The bishops of Southern Africa did the universal Church a favour when they implemented (albeit due to an administrative error)...
Nature and purpose of Vatican II
From Frank Bompas, Johannesburg I would like to make some comments in relation to the letter from Franko Sokolic (August...
Spiritual Starvation
I belong to a “Spirituality Book Club” in Pietermaritzburg. We are a group of nine people from various Christian traditions....
Why we are on the cusp of civil war
A few weeks ago Spanish citizens took to the streets in protest against their country spending almost R1 billion for...
A flash of distraction
Flash and dark. Another flash there. Dark. Flash here again, I shift my eyes, then dark. I sat amazed, searching...
Time for men to step up
In August, Women’s Month, I seem to have been faced with quite an emphasis on males, both men and boys....
