When Faith And Politics Meet
They say that two subjects should always be avoided in polite company: religion and politics. Despite knowing that the readers of this esteemed title are indeed...
Church / Politics / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published January 19, 2021 · Last modified January 8, 2021
They say that two subjects should always be avoided in polite company: religion and politics. Despite knowing that the readers of this esteemed title are indeed...
Church / Pope Francis / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published December 21, 2020 · Last modified December 10, 2020
It’s been almost two months since Pope Francis published his encyclical Fratelli Tutti on the feast of the little poor man of Assisi (il poverello). In a...
Christian Living / Church / Raymond Perrier / Technology & Christian Life
by Raymond Perrier · Published November 27, 2020
As we mark the centenary of The Southern Cross, it is tempting not only to look back over 100 years but also to imagine ourselves 100 years...
In the last few weeks we have all started to get used to changes in our lives: what we are now becoming accustomed to call “the new...
Catholic Social Teaching / Charity / Christian Living / Church / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published August 18, 2020 · Last modified August 13, 2020
South Africa was already a country full of people in need. But now the Covid-19 pandemic, and the related economic lockdown, means that there are even more...
Christian Living / Church / Death / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published July 14, 2020 · Last modified July 13, 2020
This month marks my birthday— which strangely puts me to thinking about death. Of course, the prevailing impact of Covid-19 means that we are all much more...
As we have moved to Level 3 lockdown, some more elements of what used to be our normality are coming back into place. I see this...
Bishops / Christian Living / Christian Unity / Church / Crisis / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published April 17, 2020 · Last modified April 18, 2020
In the period before the lockdown, religious leaders used that precious time to be too inward looking and seemingly less concerned for the poor, and there are...
Charity / Christian Living / Christian Mission / Church / Crisis / Easter / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published April 14, 2020 · Last modified April 12, 2020
For many Catholics, this year’s Holy Week is an experience of “virtual church”—those truly observing the lockdown, or people like my parents in their 80s, who are...
On March 21 we commemorated the 1960 Sharpeville massacre with Human Rights Day. What greater injustice to human rights can there have been than to regard some...
Easter / Lent / Prayer / Raymond Perrier / Repentance
by Raymond Perrier · Published February 24, 2020 · Last modified March 2, 2020
Purification, ritual cleansing and sacrifice are not words that we often hear used by Catholics these days. But, even if the words are not used, they are...
Christian Living / Church / Forgiveness / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published January 28, 2020 · Last modified January 23, 2020
A cheesy cartoon from the 1970s had the slogan, “Love is… never having to say you are sorry”. I think that as Christians we should beg to differ,...
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