Pope St Pius X: The reluctant pope
August 20 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Pope St Pius X. GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks at the life and papacy...
2014
How a leadership academy was born
Some years after my arrival at the University of Natal, I was given special responsibility for students and management information,...
A new world rises out of the ashes
In the barrage of reporting on the conflict in Gaza over the last few weeks, one moment remains etched in...
Movie Review – Step Up All In
Step Up All In By Kurt Jensen, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — Completists of the “Step Up” franchise...
Suicide: What the Church really teaches
BY TOM TRACY After 35 years of providing counselling and a Catholic outreach to families with a loved one who...
Mass Readings – 17 August – 24 August, 2014
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday, August 17, 20th Sunday Isaiah 56:1, 6-7, Psalm 67:2-3, 5-6,...
How the US has made bad situations worse in the Middle East
The heart wrenching tragedies throughout the Middle East are not the United States’ fault, that is, at least not entirely.
Laity’s financial expertise needed
From Mervyn Pollitt, Waterfall, KZN Your front-page report “SA bishops to discuss future of the Church” (July 30) states that,...
Catholics and atheists
Pope Benedict XVI surprised many in 2011 when he invited atheists to participate in his interfaith peace gathering in Assisi....
