In Leviticus 21:5-6 rules are set out for the priests: they may not wear tonsures or gash their bodies. Is this not a direct instruction for priests, bishops and popes not to flagellate themselves to undue mortification? Why do some well-known Catholic leaders use this outlawed method of disciplining themselves?
I was involved in a profound experience like this a few months ago when we organised two consecutive Saturdays of driving around KwaZulu-Natal in the footsteps of Archbishop Denis Hurley, the long-time head of Durban archdiocese who died in 2004 after whom the centre I work for was named.
I was taught catechism by strictly disciplined German nuns. One indelible piece of information was that we were born, body...
Every being acts according to its nature, so human beings act according to the rational nature which governs their moral life. Human behaviour has a natural tendency to do good and seek harmony, even without any explicit desire for God and his support.
How does the Church define Transubstantiation? This complex doctrine draws from the philosophy of Aristotle but resides firmly in the realm of Faith…
I read an article from an Irish Catholic newspaper in which the columnist stated that “there is no such thing as a vocation to the single life” because it is “not part of God’s plan for people”. Sarah-Leah Pimentel has been called to the single life – as a vocation.
Remember the game of chicken? It’s a foolishly high-stakes challenge in which two drivers risking death, drive on a collision course towards each other until one of the drivers chooses to swerve away.
Mary / Our Lady / Prayer / Prof Michael Ogunu
Catholic leaders throughout many centuries have encouraged the praying of the Rosary. Prof MICHAEL OGUNU looks at the virtues of praying the rosary
We believe that the Holy Spirit governs the Church. Well then, how could Rodrigo Borgia, with a bad reputation, have become Pope Alexander VI?
