Church / Crisis / Fr S’milo Mngadi
by Fr S'milo Mngadi · Published May 26, 2020 · Last modified May 25, 2020
The Church must have taken note of the experts’ current position on the coronavirus pandemic, as encapsulated by Prof Shabir Madhi of the Wits University’s vaccinology department: About two-thirds of the South African population...
Church / Environment / Lionel Fynn
by Lionel Fynn · Published May 26, 2020 · Last modified May 25, 2020
The Resurrection of Christ means that I can no longer be a slave of sin. In dying Christ destroyed death — the final wages of sin. In rising he restored life. Yet the inclination...
Church / Crisis / Economy / Ntabeni
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published May 26, 2020 · Last modified May 25, 2020
I hear everyone say, with much hope, that the Covid-19 virus will change how the world operates. When I hear that, I keep quiet because I don’t want to seem pessimistic. But I believe...
Bishops / Church / Crisis / Erin Carelse
by Erin Carelse · Published May 23, 2020 · Last modified May 22, 2020
In a new pastoral letter, the archbishop of Johannesburg said that the strict regime of “stay at home” during the lockdown has revealed — or perhaps brought into the open — some of South...
Some of the items stolen from St Mary’s cathedral in Cape Town last month have been recovered after a young man tried to sell them to a Protestant minister in Khayelitsha. The minister, who...
Church / Fr John Allen Green / Mass / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published May 22, 2020 · Last modified May 20, 2020
But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus appointed them, “And seeing him they prostrated themselves; but some doubted. And, approaching, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “All power in heaven...
Attending church is of great importance for Christian people because it is an expression, experience, and witness of faith—but we cannot tempt the Lord and common sense by opening churches too soon, according to...
While to a certain degree returning to “business as usual” will not likely happen, that does not mean the vast majority of those who hold most of the world’s wealth and power will not...
Go back to your households, your homes, your families. Go back to the place of resilience, of strength, of support—or possibly go back to the place of dysfunction, of anxiety, of pain. The president...
Bible / Catholic Social Teaching / Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Fr Pierre Goldie
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published May 18, 2020
The global pandemic makes new demands on society as a whole, including the economy. In the struggle with this seemingly implacable virus, business needs realignment, reorientation. Maximising profit in our grim situation, which some...
Southern Africa’s third Mini World Youth Day has been postponed indefinitely due to the implications of Covid19 and for the safety of the young people. The event was set to be held in the...
Church / Fr John Allen Green / Mass / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published May 15, 2020 · Last modified May 14, 2020
Thirty years ago I was travelling with a group of friends returning from celebrating an evening Mass in Edenvale, Johannesburg. I was travelling at about 80 km/h down Langermann drive, a main arterial route...
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