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...
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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...
Do Catholics believe in the ‘Rapture’?
I have a non-Catholic friend who belongs to a Bible-study group. She believes in what she calls the Rapture. This...
Living the consecrated life
MINISTERIAL JOURNEY: Unveiling the Joys and the Challenges of Priestly/Religious Life Today. By Fr Innocent Mabheka SCJ. Published by the...
Mary and Christian unity
‘Catholics worship Mary, not Jesus,” you hear many Christians say, particularly evangelical and Pentecostals. “No we don’t,” we reply. But...
Hoaxed by a fake Bible verse
When I was doing research for the next Day by Day with God and Family booklet, thinking up 115 reflections...
Majesty and power of God
From Frank Bompas, Johannesburg In reference to Mario Compagnoni’s letter (April 8), I am convinced that the beliefs Catholics have...
Mary and our faith
Catholics have a very special relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of our Saviour Jesus Christ  a relationship...
