The Distortion of Faith
In last month’s column we discussed the struggle between Christianity and two ideologies: communism and capitalism. This month, concluding the...
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Vatican II’s enlightened ecumenism
From Raymond James, Umhlanga Rocks All Catholics who grew to adulthood pre-Vatican II will have had the grounding in our...
Learning to love the bible
Today, every day around the country, Catholics are engaging scripture in their communities, homes, parishes and education centres and...
The living stones
More than at any other time in the liturgical year, except perhaps Christmas, on our Lenten journey we turn our...
Is it gremlins or the devil in my works?
Do you believe in gremlins? Wikipedia gives a handy definition for a gremlin which might even be a little too...
Don’t tar all catechists with the same brush!
From Collette OSullivan, Cape Town I take great umbrage to a number of erroneous statements in John Lees letter, Evangelised...
Lord Cardinals
I was disturbed to read that at the recent consistory Pope Benedict had addressed the new cardinals as “Lord Cardinals”....
Healing old wounds
A decade ago the abuse scandal in Boston broke, setting off a seemingly endless domino effect of allegations and revelations...
May we dip the sacred host in wine?
In my home parish, when receiving Communion we are allowed to dip the sacred host into the chalice (with the...
