Church Bell Mystery Needs Solving
Rainer Bruchmann, Munich, Germany – I am researching the origins of certain bells that must have belonged to a Catholic church or chapel in KwaZulu-Natal, and hope...
Category: Letter of the Week
Lesson from the Virus and Fatima: Be Prepared
Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – Recently a couple of acquaintances, a Brother and Sister, were found to be Covid-19 positive, although fortunately asymptomatic thus far. Faced with...
South Africa’s Rulers Are Parading Naked
Tony Meehan, Cape Town – Your editorial “A nation of impunity” (August 12) tells of South Africans being angry at its nation plagued by a culture of...
Do We Really Need A Vatican Visa For Heaven?
By Tony Meehan, Cape Town – It seems that the Vatican continues to find another stick with which to beat its faithful, as shown in your report...
Call for Nationwide Fasting and Prayer for South Africa
Barend Titus, Kimberley – Peace to all fellow believers from our Lord Jesus Christ. You are hereby invited to join in three-day fasting and prayer from Saturday,...
Korean Priest Saw God’s Inner View
By Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – It’s not often that the Lord “tips his hand” and allows us to see things from his perspective and what he...
Archbishop William Slattery: There’s a Death in the Family
It is a very sad moment in the history of the Catholic Church of South Africa to learn that our beloved weekly as we knew it will...
Our Lady Pleads With Us To Change
By Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – In a TV cop show I watched the other day, as they were about to introduce a new character they...
Coronavirus Has Exposed Deep Challenges In SA
By Dennis Jackson, Johannesburg – It is so sad! The arrival of the pandemic exposed a number of social challenges in our country. We have seen during this...
Ways to Spread the Burden of Giving Homilies
Derrick Kourie, Pretoria – I respond to Fr Chris Chatteris’ article “How not to crash the homily” Perhaps part of the problem is that over the years,...
Coronavirus and the Real Invisible Danger
Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – The local and global responses to the coronavirus are interesting; here we have an invisible but real threat seen by its effects....
Is Devil Using New Virus To Cause Us To Doubt?
Earl Smiles, Klerksdorp – At a Lenten lecture in the cathedral in Klerksdorp, Fr Don Bohé OMI repeated a much-loved phrase of his: “Mass is non-negotiable.” Because...
