A Welcoming Church
The decline of Christianity in Europe found alarming expression last month when a survey revealed that only half of all Germans were planning to attend church services for Christmas.
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What We Pray for in 2018
As we are getting used to the figure 2018 on our diaries, we are called to pray for the many social and political crises, existing and potential, that afflict our country and the world.
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Bible Editorials 2017 Pope Francis
God and Temptation
The secular media and social networks became overexcited again this month about another comment by Pope Francis: this time the Holy Father supposedly proposed to change the Lord’s Prayer.
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Editorials 2017
Let the Christmas Season Begin
In our secularised society, Christmas has long ceased to be mainly the feast of the Nativity of our Lord — if ever the main focus was on the birth of the Prince of Peace. Certainly modern society has adopted a multifarious approach to the event.
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Christmas Editorials 2004 Reflections
Jesus, the Infant God-Man
By the late Mgr Jan Jaworski – During the silent and holy night, Jesus Christ, the infant God-man, comes into this
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Editorials 2017
Heavens Alive!
Christmas in a village parish on the North Coast of then-Natal in the 1940s was a flowering of fragrance and colour from mangoes, avocados and litchis.
Christmas Editorials 2017
Happy Holidays?
Among Christians there is a potent call to “Put Christ Back Into Christmas”, drawing from a slogan that is already several decades old. The obvious implication of it is that, to cite the time-honoured phrase, “Christ is the reason for the season”, and therefore should not be excluded.
Church Editorials 2017 Youth
Sowing Seeds at Mini World Youth Day
Starting on December 6, the Southern African Church hopes to build for the future when Durban hosts the second Mini World Youth Day, as the regional gathering of young Catholics is called.
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Editorials 2017 Feast Days Jesus
Christ the Liberator Offers his Kingdom
The Gospel makes it abundantly clear that Jesus proclaimed an eternal kingdom not only after death, but also “here among you…even in your midst” — invincible, incorruptible and infinite.
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