Advent is time to renew faith, bring God’s love to others, pope says
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Advent’s liturgical preparation for Christmas calls Christians to renew their...
2012
Searching for true Christianity
From Irene Durler, Cape Town – It is a real pleasure to find in your weekly newspaper letters, reviews and...
Prepare for Christmas
As in every Advent season, Christians will again sound the reminder: “Put Christ back into Christmas”. This call, of course,...
Money, money, money
There are lots of songs about money and getting rich, or about being poor, and sometimes we sing them happily...
Mass readings 2 December – 9 December, 2012
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekday cycle Year 1 Sunday, December 2, First Sunday of Advent Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25:4-5, 8-10,...
When sharing the faith, keep it simple, joyful, credible, pope says
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In a world of hardened hearts and titillating distractions, Christians...
Palestinian suffering continues
From Yvonne von Mayer, Johannesburg - I am disappointed that Andre du Chenne has allowed himself to be influenced by...
Misunderstood teaching
No Catholic can be untouched by the death in Ireland of Savita Halappanavar, the 31-year-old expecting mother who was denied...
The ‘Microphone of God’
The 20th century brought forth Fulton Sheen (1895-1979), a priest and later archbishop, who for a period of 30 years...
