The season of good will?
For some people, the jingling of bells that announces the Christmas season does not signal a time to be jolly....
December 2011
Christmas through new eyes
BY FRANCIS CORREIA As a mother of three very small children my perspective on Christmas has changed fundamentally. Before I...
Christmas in the cloister
Every community has a Christmas tradition. Communities of religious priests, nuns, brothers and sisters also have their special Christmas traditions,...
What happened to Limbo?
Ever since the 1940s I have been made to believe that unbaptised babies, who have not attained the power of...
The promise of new life
BY SIHLE MAGUBANE At the dawning of each day, we anticipate new challenges, new experiences and new encounters. This often...
Making habits of love
The philosopher John Stuart Mill argued 150 years ago in On Liberty that “the human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative...
Being safe on the road
Pope Benedict reportedly was amused at being informed that a German citizen had reported him to the police for not...
When Latin went out of the Mass, Vatican II restored old practices to the liturgy
Everybody knows that after Vatican II the Mass was translated into the local languages (the vernacular) of Catholics. Some may...
