An old model for modern women
BY COLLEEN CONSTABLE Our Catholic faith has no shortage of women saints and holy or pious women: the jewels of...
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Nuns had a holy cross to bear
Recently I received a most delightful letter from Vincent Rayne, chairman of the parish council of St Thomas’ church in...
Newman’s brand of liberalism
I was reading the review of Cardinal John Henry Newman’s new biography, Newman’s Unquiet Grave: The Reluctant Saint by John...
Women’s spirituality in the 21st century
BY COLLEEN CONSTABLE In the modern world women have to advance and adapt prayer techniques. What worked once may need...
God’s instruction manual
By Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM Last week I aimed to explain what God has to do with morals and service...
African Ancestor Beliefs and the Catholic Communion of Saints: Concord or Conflict?
Most if not all Black Catholics within the Archdiocese of Cape Town (ACT), South Africa, pray to their ancestors. Is...
Let’s keep our own African names
By Br Simeon Banda FSM I was baptised in Chiphaso parish in Kasungu in the diocese of Lilongwe, Malawi. The...
African music’s rich traditions
MOVING INTO AFRICAN MUSIC, by Joyce Scott. Pretext, Cape Town, 2009. 136pp (includes 72-min CD with 27 songs) Reviewed by...
Crime in South Africa: The Other Side of the Equation
We are accustomed to reading about crime every day, lamenting about it and criticising the police, security companies, and government,...
