Category: Perspectives - Page 266

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?

Did you know that Bethlehem has three official Christmases? Or why the traditional Christmas colours are green and red (and

By Chris Townsend / December 20, 2015

One of the seasonal irritations of any parish office happens around this time. “Father, what time is midnight Mass?” In

By Tony Magliano / December 17, 2015

Seeing Christmas toys under the tree, unwrapping them with excitement, and playing with them for many days to come, is

Becoming a cardinal can give you a spring in your step, as Owen McCann, archbishop of Cape Town, found when

By Mphuthumi Ntabeni / December 13, 2015

Pope Francis did nothing surprising when he wrote his encyclical Laudato Si. The Church has been speaking about the environment

One is horrified by the evil that is terrifying all and sundry these days. How can one explain why the

A few weeks ago, I spoke in a nearby parish on the subject of the family; in particular about the

By Tony Magliano / December 4, 2015

As Christians around the world prepare during Advent to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, much of the