Reflection on a joke
Humour, it barely needs pointing out, is entirely subjective. A joke that causes one person to laugh may leave the […]
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Editorials Editorials 2013
Features Pope Francis Saints
What attracts Pope Francis to the saint of Assisi?
The pope’s decision to name himself after St Fancis of Assisi is the talk of the taverns. Fr PATRICK NOONAN,
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Perspectives
The young Church is alive in SA
A year or so ago, I wrote an article in The Southern Cross called “Catholic heroes”. In it, I spoke
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Perspectives Rowland
Freedom to be…what?
With Freedom Day coming up on April 27, the concept of freedom has lately been milling around in my head. Who,
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Mass readings
Mass Readings – 21 April – 28 April, 2013
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, April 21 Acts 13:14, 43-52, Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5, Revelation 7:9,
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Features History
Historian: England’s Last Catholic King called for Religious Freedom
An account of a speech on religious liberty by England’s last Catholic king published by a historian shows that the 17th-century monarch was revolutionary in his thinking on the freedom of conscience.
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Jesus Pope Francis Sin in our Lives
Pope Francis: Best defence against sin and temptation is Jesus
Surrounded by the devil’s temptations and being susceptible to sin, people can always find help, support and forgiveness in Jesus
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Vocations Your Letters
Cultish elitism mars vocations
From Wesley Seale, Cape Town –Â One hastens to respond to Name Withheld (Vocations wrongs, April 3) with the words of
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Editorials Editorials 2013
Our future priests
Writing in our special focus on vocations this week, Anthony Gathambiri IMC argues that poor conduct by clergy has the
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