2014

Year-end Review 2014

It was the year in which Pope Francis called an extraordinary Synod on the Family, two popes were canonised and another beatified, the Middle East blew up...

A Prosperous New Year?

Acting editor Fr Chris Chatteris SJ Theres definitely more and more of them about  books on the end of economic growth are now coming at us thick...

Blame it on the taxis?

Travelling from Randburg to Pretoria in the early morning traffic can be a nightmare. Anyone listening to the traffic updates on the radio will hear almost daily...

Praying for our nation’s moral fibre

From Sr Monica Shanley IBVM, Cape Town It is heartening and challenging to note that in a recent speech, the secretary-general of the governing African National Congress,...

193 Nativity Scenes and Counting

BY SAM LUCERO Every Christmas season, Verna Bechards home is transformed into a gallery of Nativity sets. Scenes of the first Christmas in Bethlehem fill nearly every...

The Wondrous Babe in a Cave

A Christmas story by Fr Ralph de Hahn When twins Sally and Molly Kenny went missing, Mom knew where to find them. Not too far from their...

Our Prayers for 2015

As we change our calendars from 2014 to 2015, we give thanks to God for his abundant graces, even those we are unable to discern in times...