How can we explain the Spanish Inquisition?
My blood ran cold to see on television some of the devilishly sadistic instruments of torture applied by Christians on...
May 2013
The Holy Spirit in the Family
The United Nations International Day of Families 2013 is an annual commemoration conveniently celebrated worldwide in whatever way on May...
Let the First Christians Lead Us
BY KELVIN BANDA Â –Â Acts 4:32-37Â shows us what true Christian community is like. Why is it that we do not experience...
Mass readings – 19 May – 26 May, 2013
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, May 19, Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-11, Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31,...
Does the Church cling too tightly to its own power structures?
I was favourably impressed by your account in the May 1 issue of the pastoral letter issued by the Symposium...
Making New Saints
Recent reports of the approval of a new miracle attributed to Bl John Paul II gave rise to overexcited announcements...
What do you know?
While in many respects a hugely rich language, English is poorer in having only one word for “know”. Other languages...
This is Mission Possible
Christianity is not nice words and empty phrases, it has to be practised in a committed and sacrificial way that...
Tribute to motherhood
BY BURGIE IRELAND At the funeral the daughter-in-law stood up to speak about her deceased mother-in-law. The younger woman thanked...
