We Can See Christ in Pope Francis
It baffles me how many Christians don’t take Mathew 25 seriously as one of the crucial conditions for their salvation, even though Yeshua, the Christ, was at pains to make this clear.
Mphuthumi Ntabeni
Pope’s Words On Mafia Echo In South Africa
Listening to Pope Francis address a meeting of Italy’s Anti-Mafia Parliamentary Commission got me thinking about our own political situation.
South Africa’s Catholic Church Heritage
The Catholic Chuch in South Africa has a rich history of suppression and opposition in South Africa – so from the first Mass said around 1487 till today when we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the South African Catholic Church – we also celebrate the lives of those who built the faith in SA.
How My Father’s Death Led to a Book
My father’s death, after almost a lifetime of absence, seems to close the yawning chasm between us. I feel him closer in death than when he was alive. The seed of an “inclination to look back on history” was planted the day I heard he had died.
God is Eternally Good – My Answer to an Atheist
Why does God permit evil? Is it because he is not good? Or is he cruel? Mputhumi Ntabeni takes an...
Why Matthew 25 Haunts Me
Do I see God in the poor as Christ instructed me? Matthew 25:31: All the nations will be gathered in his...
Are Courts Baby-Sitting our Democracy?
The judicial sphere of government seems to be the only one our people really trust. The Constitutional Court’s judgment on...
Lovedale Mission: From Soga to Mbeki
To pull herself out of the hole which she had dug with her recent colonialism tweet, Western Cape premier Helen...
Our Faith, Stripped Bare
I often feel frustrated by the lack of silence in my life because I delude myself into believing that if...
