Put ‘end hunger’ plans into action
In your Christmas issue last December, I read about a large parish in Kenya where the Sunday Mass used to...
May 2012
Getting over the past
Even after 18 years of democracy, issues of race continue to dominate our public discourse – and that can be...
Let’s set the Holy Spirit free
BY CATHERINE DE VALENCE There are times when we face the dangers of compromising our faith: by trying to make...
Why Christians are a ‘chosen nation’
There are three things that normally distinguish a nation from other nations: its Constitution, its national anthem and its flag....
Going to the World Meeting of Families
By Marco Cavagnaro The Seventh World Meeting of Families will take place in Milan from May 30 to June 3,...
Movie Reviews 25 May 2012: The Lucky One / The Rum Diary
Releases for May 25, 2012 The Lucky One By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service Ah, how time flies. Wasn’t it only yesterday...
Accepting truth personally
From Dominic Sam, Port Elizabeth Mario Compagnoni (“A non-believer’s opinion”, April 18) refers: There are three main obstacles to belief...
Overcoming the scandal of division
Throughout the ages, Christians have been more divided than united. Power struggles, differences on points of theology and sometimes pure...
Reframing the message
In March Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the archbishop of Vienna, was asked to arbitrate in a dispute in an Austrian parish...
