The forgotten Africa
The blare of vuvuzelas is everywhere, even here in Kenya where we have no real national football to talk about. […]
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Perspectives
Perspectives Shackleton
Confession can’t be coercive
Bishop Girotti of the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary reportedly said that a priest who confesses sexual abuse should generally not be
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Deeds rather than rhetoric
Perhaps some good can come out of the way in which the Vatican made such a mess of handling sex-abuse
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Other Writers Perspectives
Let’s keep our own African names
By Br Simeon Banda FSM I was baptised in Chiphaso parish in Kasungu in the diocese of Lilongwe, Malawi. The
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Prediction is not our forte
It doesn’t take more than a cursory glance at popular mass media today to realise that a lot of people
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Ntabeni Perspectives
Jesus the man broke rules
If one looks at the proliferation of books about the historical Jesus of Nazareth, one might observe an apparently widespread
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Perspectives Shackleton
The pope is more than a soccer captain
I am confused about what is called the collegiality of the bishops of the Church. If the bishops, including the
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How the new media is changing us
This “social media” phenomenon we keep hearing about was first considered to be some sort of passing fad, much like
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Perspectives Rowland
Flying the flag
Right now South Africa is awash with colour, and the profusion of flags all over the country is enhancing the
