Our Christian quest for holiness
“I am with you always; yes, till the end of time.” These were Jesus’ last words to his apostles; reassuring, […]
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Perspectives
Perspectives Rowland
Equality, yes – but mind the differences
Women’s Day on August 9 receives greater media attention and hype than South Africa’s patronal feast, the Assumption of Our
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Perspectives Shackleton
Benediction downgraded?
I have been told that the modern Church has downgraded the old-style worship of the Blessed Sacrament, such as in
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Perspectives Simmermacher
Culture of bad service
Before I took a wrong turn and stumbled into journalism, I worked for some years in the hotel trade as
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Other Writers Perspectives
Mugabe: The man behind the monster
By Oskar Wermter SJ One man is ultimately responsible for Zimbabwe’s national catastrophe, though his supporters share in his guilt:
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Humanae vitae: Paul VI was proved right
By Bishop Edward Adams Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae vitae is almost exclusively linked to birth control. After it was
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Perspectives
How we can cure xenophobia
Last month I endeavoured to show the connection between xenophobia and leadership. This column suggests some long-term strategies for responding
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Perspectives Simmermacher
Pope Benedict, style guru for the noughties
Pope Benedict’s sartorial stylings have made news recently, in lifestyle magazines and in the Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. Last year Esquire
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Perspectives Simmermacher
The writer’s great fear of the blank mind and page
Every writer lives in fear. It’s a dread that would make dealing with the taxman followed by an unanaesthetised root
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