Catholic Media / Church / Ntabeni
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published August 21, 2018 · Last modified August 20, 2018
I was encouraged by the honest comments on media by the president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stephen Brislin, at the bishops’ August 2018 plenary session. His comments indicate an agreement...
It may feel for some that recent events — like the Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson being convicted for concealing child sex abuse by a priest, or the collective resignation of the Chilean bishops over...
Division and corruption shall be the legacy of Jacob Zuma’s reign over our country. But the decision to announce free tertiary education for households with joint incomes below R350000 a year is the right one.
It has been a year when the dark clouds of death came into closer proximity to me in more ways than one. As it closes we are again about to bury a lifetime friend and peer who finally lost her battle to an aggressive form of cancer.
Christian Living / Jesus / Ntabeni / Pope Francis
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published November 20, 2017 · Last modified November 17, 2017
It baffles me how many Christians don’t take Mathew 25 seriously as one of the crucial conditions for their salvation, even though Yeshua, the Christ, was at pains to make this clear.
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published October 17, 2017 · Last modified October 18, 2017
Listening to Pope Francis address a meeting of Italy’s Anti-Mafia Parliamentary Commission got me thinking about our own political situation.
Church / Church History / Ntabeni
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published September 28, 2017 · Last modified September 21, 2017
The Catholic Chuch in South Africa has a rich history of suppression and opposition in South Africa – so from the first Mass said around 1487 till today when we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the South African Catholic Church – we also celebrate the lives of those who built the faith in SA.
Christian Living / History / Ntabeni
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published August 26, 2017 · Last modified August 24, 2017
My father’s death, after almost a lifetime of absence, seems to close the yawning chasm between us. I feel him closer in death than when he was alive. The seed of an “inclination to look back on history” was planted the day I heard he had died.
Ethics & Human Dignity / Gospel of Matthew / Ntabeni / Poverty & Social Justice / Scripture
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published July 4, 2017 · Last modified June 30, 2017
Do I see God in the poor as Christ instructed me? Matthew 25:31: All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from...
Education / Ntabeni / Religious Freedom
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published May 30, 2017 · Last modified May 29, 2017
The judicial sphere of government seems to be the only one our people really trust. The Constitutional Court’s judgment on the upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private residence at Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, cemented the decline...
To pull herself out of the hole which she had dug with her recent colonialism tweet, Western Cape premier Helen Zille quoted Nelson Mandela: “I was reminded of what President Nelson Mandela had said...
Christian Living / Ntabeni / Prayer
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published April 27, 2017 · Last modified April 24, 2017
I often feel frustrated by the lack of silence in my life because I delude myself into believing that if I had more silence, I would be more contemplative and open to divine inspiration....
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