A peace the world cannot give
Ever since I chose the theme for the Easter month of April namely, “A peace the world cannot give”, I...
2011
Mel Gibson misses the point
In Holy Week we hear the words of the Song of the Suffering Servant in the Prophet Isaiah: “..so disfigured...
Don’t stop the music – mind the gap!
By Fr Pierre Goldie, Cape Town With reference to the type of music in the Catholic Church, the book Mind...
Live the Resurrection
GUEST EDITORIAL BY RUSSELL POLLITT SJ Have you ever wondered why our churches overflow on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday,...
Lenten customs can be bizarre
I have always been enormously intrigued by Lent. As a child I didn’t much like it because I had to...
Which Jesus do we know?
In rural western Kenya, some apparently sane people purport to worship an elderly polygamous man. He has nearly a hundred...
Praying in the Church’s language
BY STEVEN WINGATE This past Lenten season I walked out of confession and said my prayers of penance while the...
