The fine art of listening
‘Remember this, be quick to listen and slow to speak” (James 1:19). How much easier is this said than being...
October 2012
Newman aimed for bull’s eye
It is not unusual to hear that even when the preacher makes a good start, he covers so many subjects...
Movie Reviews: October 26
New on the South African circuit on October 26: The Campaign, Frankenweenie, Hope Springs and The Possession and Paranormal Activity...
Mass readings 28 October – 4 November, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 30th Sunday Jeremiah 31:7-9, Psalm 126:1-6, Hebrews 5:1-6, Mark 10:46-52 Monday, October 29, feria Ephesians 4:32, 5:8,...
Material progress not enough to make people free, happy, pope says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The world’s huge technological and scientific progress hasn’t always made people freer or happier, Pope...
Evolution: Soul is the big difference
From Andre Du Chenne, Johannesburg I have been following the on-going letters on evolution by Tony Sturges and Franko Sokolic...
Responding to Suicide
This week a priest describes how being confronted by the self-inflicted death of a friend led him to a new...
‘I believe in the holy Catholic Church…’
Since early Christianity the Church has described herself by the so-called “Four Marks”: one, holy, catholic and apostolic. In Protestant...
What’s We Are Church?
Often in conversation about Church matters one hears talk of “We Are Church”, meaning that we laity are the Church....
