He was conceived and born
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. The highest consciousness of...
Mphuthumi Ntabeni
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son
Reflection on the Apostles Creed – Part 3 An online friend, let’s call him Joseph, clarified the nature of the...
Creator of Heaven and Earth
God is a non-physical entity causally influencing the cosmos in non-physical ways. God’s mode of causal influence is more likely...
I believe in God, the Father almighty
My six-year-old son came back from school—he is in Grade R—telling me that the teacher wanted to know if they...
What lies behind Nigeria’s bomb?
IT is highly disturbing that as a family you can go to attend, say, a midnight Christmas Mass only to...
Making habits of love
The philosopher John Stuart Mill argued 150 years ago in On Liberty that “the human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative...
Why we must really know our faith
The German philosopher Immanuel Kant argued that the capacity to make choices about one’s life is central to the development...
Morals need God’s presence
Last month I wrote about the “Ecclesia” pastoral programme that has been launched in the archdiocese of Cape Town to...
How do we prove that faith is not idiotic?
The first ecclesiastical territory to be established in Southern Africa in 1818, was what is now the archdiocese of Cape...
