Is there still a need for religious vocations?
By Joseph Falkiner OP While coordinating a team promoting vocations for ten male religious orders and congregations in KwaZulu-Natal, I...
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TV violence fosters real-life violence
by Mark Pattison A new American study, to be published in February, shows that exposure to violent media makes adolescents...
Vatican’s star-studded celebration for Galileo
As more than 130 countries celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, the Vatican also turned its gaze toward the heavens....
Not ‘consubstantial’, please!
The changes in the liturgy are most disappointing and seriously retrogressive. The English is poor; few people in my parish...
Why the ‘liturgical anger’ is fair
By Bishop Kevin Dowling With reference to the letters concerning the new translation of the Order of the Mass, I...
The Beatles and Christianity
As a Catholic and a Beatles aficionado, I enjoyed reading Günther Simmermacher’s opinion article “John Lennon and Jesus” (December 21) about...
The Bible, business and pricing practices
The Mark of the Beast Is the price of a good or service simply the result of supply and demand?...
Church long condemned slavery
Dr Vincent Couling’s letter “The Church has changed its tune” (October 15-21), refers. As far back as 585, Church council...
Sex and sensibility
By Michael Cartstens Recent events in the life of the Church have put the spotlight firmly on the question of...
