Christmas through new eyes
BY FRANCIS CORREIA As a mother of three very small children my perspective on Christmas has changed fundamentally. Before I had babies I was annoyed by the...
2011
Christmas in the cloister
Every community has a Christmas tradition. Communities of religious priests, nuns, brothers and sisters also have their special Christmas traditions, as CLAIRE MATHIESON reports.
What happened to Limbo?
Ever since the 1940s I have been made to believe that unbaptised babies, who have not attained the power of reason (such as a very early spontaneous...
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 is a cause for excitement and requires...
Making habits of love
The philosopher John Stuart Mill argued 150 years ago in On Liberty that “the human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference,...
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 wearing a seat belt while riding in...
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 know that the document that made this...
Nun’s murder puts Catholics on edge
BY ANTO AKKARA The name “Valsa” means “dear one”. By laying down her life in defence of the poor, Sr Valsa John has literally become dear to...
Living in the moment on retreat
BY CHANDA SAMPA Going on an eight-day retreat through the Jesuit Institute South Africa, for whom I work in the area of information technology, was a new...
