As an old man looking back over his life as a Christian, as someone who had walked and talked with Jesus, had listened to him preaching, seen him die and had experienced him as risen again — as he approached death, the apostle John found himself writing increasingly about the centrality of love.
Seminarians from provinces around South Africa at St Francis Orientation Seminary are getting used to life in drought-stricken Cape Town.
A leading expert on Centering Prayer will guide Contemplative Outreach South Africa’s national conference in April. Rev Dr Cynthia Bourgeault of the Contemplative Society in the US will lead the conference, which will be held from April 27 to May 1 at the Padre Pio Retreat Centre in Centurion.
Father Pat Connor was on his way from a graduate class at the University of Memphis to St. Joseph Hospital to visit a priest friend the evening of April 4, 1968.
The reality is that all people who are baptised into Christ are also “another Christ”. The emphasis on the specialness of a priest as alter Christus is the source of the sin of clericalism and its manifestations as clerical privilege.
Rich. Filthy rich. That’s what they are. Off of our vanities and insecurities, they are made wealthy. In their eyes we are piglets to be raised for slaughter. They will press and pull at our flesh and then turn us on our backs and say to the butcher: “Cut it here.”
Catholic Social Teaching / Christian Living / Christian Mission / Magliano / Poverty & Social Justice
When a disciple of Jesus takes his or her baptismal call seriously, that person’s words and actions live on long after he or she leaves this world. An outstanding example of this truth is found in the prophetic discipleship of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Catholic Church has embarked on a special mission towards the eradication of racism in all spheres of society in South Africa, and during this Lenten season, all the Catholic faithful have been requested to create platforms where they are able to share the challenges relating to racism and find ways to address them.
Rights and responsibilities balance one another out, but when it comes to rights and respect, which comes first? Do rights flow from respect, or do rights lead to respect, or both?
