How can we explain the Spanish Inquisition?
My blood ran cold to see on television some of the devilishly sadistic instruments of torture applied by Christians on...
Michael Shackleton
Rules for the altar cloth
Are there still any rules regarding the altar cloth? I would be grateful for information on this matter, as the...
Do Poor Homilies lose Parishioners?
I took a business associate with me to Sunday Mass in Johannesburg. His comment afterwards certainly made me think: The...
Chewing on the way to Communion
Our clergy have neglected their duty to remind parishioners of the meaning of the eucharistic fast. To my mind, this...
Alone with God in Lent
BY MICHAEL SHACKLETON – Looking around us during the holy season of Lent, we are not surprised to see little or...
Could there be women deacons?
A friend returned from the United States tells me there is much debate there about the possibility of the Church...
Why did we need the new Mass translations?
Why was it necessary for the English version of the Mass to be given to us in a new translation?...
Can mercy killings be legitimate?
Dignity South Africa is the name of a movement started by Prof Sean Davison (now back in South Africa) who...
What Were These Old Testament Sacrifices?
In the Eucharistic Prayer we pray that God will look upon our offerings ‘as you once were pleased to accept...
