What does ‘Saved as a Community’ mean?
We are Saved by Faith in Jesus. At baptism and confirmation, we are called by our personal name. Each of...
August 2013
Movie reviews – Pacific Rim/Dark Skies/Killing them Softly/Grown Ups 2
Pacific Rim By John P. McCarthy, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – Anyone with a hankering for a 21st-century Godzilla...
Mass readings – 4 August – 11 August, 2013
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, August 4, 18th Sunday Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23, Psalm 90:3-6, 12-14, 17,...
A fine primer to the Catholic Church
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: What Everyone Needs to Know, by John L Allen Jr. Oxford University Press (2013). 298pp. Reviewed by...
Nuclear weapons: A crime against God and humanity
“Any act of war aimed indiscriminately at the destruction of entire cities or of extensive areas along with their population...
Great wealth and philanthropy
From Tony Meehan, Cape Town In the front-page leading article, “Giving back to society now” (June 26), Archbishop William Slattery...
