A patron saint for Bafana Bafana?
I was delighted to read in a recent issue of The Southern Cross that the relics of St Thérèse of […]
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A lesson in leadership
During the season of Lent we are encouraged to deny ourselves some of the pleasures of this world. On Ash
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Legislating blasphemy
Blasphemy: we know the definition profaning the sacred but there seems to be little consensus about when exactly the sacred
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The abuse of power, and the power of abuse
By Allan Moss OMI Child abuse by the clergy, making the headlines of the mass media, has scandalised the world.
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To whom do bishops answer?
I take it that religious priests are accountable to the superior of their order and diocesan priests to their bishops.
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A funny new dictionary
Every year, The Washington Post publishes the results of what it calls it’s “Mensa Invitational”, in which readers are challenged
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Ways for the African Church to grow up
A saying of the Bemba of Zambia goes “Mukolwe pakukula, afuna ipindo” (meaning “the cock fractures its wing in the
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Families on the ball
As I am writing this column we have just celebrated the feast of the Baptism of Jesus. What happened right
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Art for faith’s sake
By John Cowan Many people say that religious art needs some serious updating — and the president of the Vatican’s
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