Catholics in a Secular World
When I visited my family in the UK recently, I was struck again at how secular the country has become. Of course, church attendance the world over...
Category: Raymond Perrier
Synod on Synodality: Journeying Together
I hope that you, the reader, will instantly recognise the words in the title since they are the theme for preparing the Church for the Synod on...
The All Saints Election
South Africa’s nationwide exercise in genuine democracy — the 12th since that world-changing moment in 1994 is today on All Saints Day. And I pray that it...
Who’ll Wear a Red Hat?
Raymond Perrier on Faith & Society Being based in Durban, I have spent a lot of time lately explaining that Archbishop Siegfried Jwara, who was installed as...
South Africa’s Culture of Impunity
Are we in danger of creating a culture of impunity? While we might have good reason to justify certain individual acts of lawlessness, where will the accumulation...
This Virus Infects Everything
It’s one of those text messages in the night that I dread: “Is it true the Denis Hurley Centre caught fire?” Thanks to WhatsApp, a supporter in...
Give the Homeless Dignity in Photos
This is how homeless people in Durban were presented in the “Homeless 101” project, a 2019 collaboration between the Denis Hurley Centre and the Daily Maverick. It...
Historical statues: Who’ll be the fall guys?
Your faithful columnist popped over from Durban to Cape Town in April and shared a round of coffee with your (and my) editor, Günther Simmermacher, and...
The Trouble With Holidays
The December holidays are long past, but here we are in May and we have again been in holiday mode. That is because we have had five...
Jesus’ Great Wish
Is it a coincidence that it was at the Last Supper, according to John 17:21, that our Lord prayed, “That they may all be one”? On...
Locked-Down Church: Alone and Together
It is close to one year since our lives were turned upside down by Covid-19. Since last March, during various stages of lockdown, we have repeatedly experienced...
Let There Be Love!
In February, radio stations, shopping malls and advertisers reminded us that it’s the “Month of Love”. Of course, their interests are purely commercial: hoping we will be...
