Four chapters and counting
As a Church, we are in the midst of the fourth chapter of the contemporary sexual abuse crisis in the […]
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Moratorium on Homilies
I have just endured another terrible homily at the liturgy this Sunday. The priest started off well, referring to the
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How Big are the Earthquakes?
Two earthquakes are shaking the Vatican these days. The first is Pope Benedict’s response—or lack of it—to the sexual abuse
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A Slap in the Face
Cardinal Francis Rode, who is heading the Vatican Investigation (Inquisition) of American women religious (he who has been photographed wearing
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The Creed’s ‘Consubstantial’ – What Does it Mean?
 In the Nicene Creed we now recite at Sunday Mass, we say that Jesus Christ is consubstantial with the
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My Friend’s Pain in the Church
Henry Makori – My friend and I call him the Africa Editor in Heaven’s Newsroom. Peter, as I shall call him
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Church Saints Your Letters
Mary Magdalene: The Forgotten Saint
Pat Dacey, Johannesburg:Â Mary Magdalene has become the forgotten saint in the modern era, yet she epitomises all that the ultimate
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Now 20 Children
I gasped when I saw the headline of The Sunday Times yesterday, announcing that President Jacob Zuma has fathered his
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“Reform of the Reform”
The National Catholic Reporter online reported (7 January 2010) that Msgr Guido Marini, the chief papal liturgist, has called for
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