My Greedy Church Cares Nothing for its People
Reading your front-page article “Sacraments not for sale, bishop warns”, my heart hurt. My church used to go out and give clothes to the poor and sweets to kids, and help people with things...
Category: Letter of the Week
Kindness: Animals Made by God Too
Thérèse Hurly, Durban – Recently I saw a recent post on Facebook of the traditional cruel practices involving bulls, and the way animals are abused, in Spain. The person posting it noted, those abusing...
Where is Church Effort for Nun Held by Jihadists?
Fr Sean Collins CSsR, Howick, KZN – In this new year, I would like to draw attention to the plight of Colombian Sister Cecelia Gloria Navaerez Argoti, a Catholic nun kidnapped by jihadists in Mali...
Take Care Judging!
Adrian Kettle, Cape Town – Hoist with my own petard! Shock/Horror! Judge, Jury and Executioner! At Mass, a parishioner near me was looking at a smartphone during the first reading. Nosey me, all righteous...
What Could Islam Ever Teach Us?
Donovan du Plooy, via e-mail – I would like express my disgust at the article “What Catholics can learn from Muslims”. I am not entirely sure where this article is coming from; is it...
The Problem with Pope Pius XII
Peter Onesta, Johannesburg – What Patrick Dacey says of Popes Pius XI and XII in his letter “See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil”— concerning Church matters” is correct. At least Pius...
Pray for Peace as Christ’s Birth Signals New Age
Athaly Jenkinson, East London – Christmas is when the birth of Christ is heralded by angels singing of a new age of peace. We remember that St Francis of Assisi, who erected the first “crib”, was...
Build an Epiphany crib for the Holy Family
By the late Fr Bonaventure Hinwood OFM – As far as we know, when St Francis of Assisi set up the first Christmas crib at Greccio, it did not include wise men.In the course...
Youngsters Need Guidance – As I did!
Peter Hendricks, Cape Town – A message from the recent Synod on Youth was “listen to young people”, and this is true, but many young people haven’t passed first base yet. Bill Gates gave...
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil”— Concerning Church Matters
Patrick Dacey, Johannesburg – Another watershed moment may be looming when heads of the world’s bishops’ conferences meet with Pope Francis in February next year. Pope John XXIII led the way with Vatican II,...
We Men Urgently Need to Evolve
Antonio Tonin, East London – Congratulations to Sr Angelika Laub OP for a magnificent article on how capitalism hurts women most. I agree with her wholeheartedly. I think it’s time that we males of...
Valuing the Priesthood
Peter Hendricks, Cape Town – Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg, who called for the excommunication of all priests who abuse minors (November 7), should be given the Nobel Peace Prize. His statement shows how...
