Good time to Reflect on the Past Year
The Examen invites us to look back across the day  slowly and meditatively  and ask not when was God present? […]
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Perspectives Prayer Raymond Perrier
Christmas Simmermacher
20 things you didn’t know about Christmas
Did you know that Bethlehem has three official Christmases? Or why the traditional Christmas colours are green and red (and
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Christmas Fr Chris Townsend
What? No Midnight Mass?
One of the seasonal irritations of any parish office happens around this time. “Father, what time is midnight Mass?” In
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Ethics & Human Dignity Magliano Perspectives
The Shameful Secret Cost of Many Christmas Toys
Seeing Christmas toys under the tree, unwrapping them with excitement, and playing with them for many days to come, is
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Church History Shackleton
The Day South Africa got its first Cardinal
Becoming a cardinal can give you a spring in your step, as Owen McCann, archbishop of Cape Town, found when
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Ethics & Human Dignity Ntabeni Perspectives
Pope Francis Set the Scene: Laudato Si
Pope Francis did nothing surprising when he wrote his encyclical Laudato Si. The Church has been speaking about the environment
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Evil & Persecution Shackleton
How Do We Explain The World’s Evil?
One is horrified by the evil that is terrifying all and sundry these days. How can one explain why the
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Church Sarah-Leah Pimentel
A Year of God’s Favour: Living Mercy
A few weeks ago, I spoke in a nearby parish on the subject of the family; in particular about the
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Magliano Poverty & Social Justice The Holy Land
Peace in the Holy Land – an Elusive Dream
As Christians around the world prepare during Advent to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, much of the
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