Let the story be the lesson
From Catherine de Valence, Cape Town As I pondered and reflected on the question: “Why do you speak to them...
August 2012
A return to civility
The Catholic Church around the world is evidently becoming fed up with a lack of civility in public discourse. In...
What does the Roman curia do?
What is the Roman curia? What does it do for the Church? Roland Byrne The Roman curia is an organisation...
The Shroud and the Resurrection
THE SIGN: The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection, by Thomas de Wesselow. Penguin, 2012. 448 pp....
When love is true love
BY FR RALPH DE HAHN Our present generation is absorbing a rather glowing and wildly outrageous manifestation of love and...
The listeners’ right to hear
BY SAMUEL FRANCIS IMC It is a pity that many Catholics do not go over the Sunday readings prior to the celebration...
Mass reading August 19-26
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekdays Year 2 Sunday, August 19, 20th Sunday Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 34:2-7, Ephesians 5:15-20, John 6:51-58...
Archbishop on Marikana shooting
Statement by Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, Archbishop of Johannesburg and President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference. The Catholic Bishops...
Movie reviews – Bully/Total Recall/Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter
Bully By John Mulderig , Catholic News Service With the poignant documentary “Bully” (Weinstein), filmmaker Lee Hirsch sheds light on a widespread...
