When Latin went out of the Mass, Vatican II restored old practices to the liturgy
Everybody knows that after Vatican II the Mass was translated into the local languages (the vernacular) of Catholics. Some may...
Anthony Egan
What Vatican II tells us about Aids
Recently some epidemiologists (scholars who track the origins and growth of diseases) have suggested that the first possible recorded case...
The priesthood of the laity
If one talked about the “priesthood of all believers” or indeed the “priesthood of the laity” before 1965, Catholics would...
A new vision: Everybody a missionary
How many of us remember those Catholic missionary magazines of days gone by, with their stirring stories of fearless Fathers...
Vatican II: Surprised by the Spirit
When we think of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), it may seem strange to claim that it almost never happened....
Vatican II in a nutshell
BY ANTHONY EGAN SJ ‘The bishops met in Rome and then we had Mass in English.” This comment I heard...
All you wanted to know about Jesus
CHRISTOLOGY: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus (2nd edition), by Gerald O’Collins SJ. Oxford University Press, 2009. 385pp...
Pope Benedict XVI in modern society
One of Pope Benedict’s greatest concerns is how the Church relates to an increasingly hostile secular world today. Fr ANTHONY...
Same-sex marriage and the church
THE CHURCH AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, by Ron Nicolson. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg. 2008. 74pp Reviewed by Anthony Egan SJ
