‘Your call is important to us…’
One of the ironies of modern life is that, as companies spend more words talking about customer service and more […]
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Perspectives Raymond Perrier
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The Church and women
From the headline, some readers might fear — and others might hope — that this is going to be a
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SA and the US of A
The recent visit of President Obama, and now this week’s celebration of July 4, the US day of independence, has
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Careless with words
‘Bad money drives out good.” Even though that saying is 500 years old, it strikes me that it is a
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What do you know?
While in many respects a hugely rich language, English is poorer in having only one word for “know”. Other languages
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Religious Practices: Is Our Faith just Cultural?
Of course, said the smooth-tongued psychologist from the capital, it’s not really religion, Â it’s culture. Thus, the deeply-felt practices of millions are dismissed by those who cannot understand how the absurdity of medieval religion has survived into a modern age.
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Human rights and the Catholic Church
On March 21 we commemorate the 1960 Sharpeville massacre with Human Rights Day. And church leaders, nationally and locally, will
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Shift from mosquito net to internet
‘Your Eminence, Your Beatitude, Your Grace, your Excellencies, Your Paternity, Monsignor, Reverend Fathers, Reverend Brothers, Esteemed Professors, Ladies and Gentlemen.”
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Keeping those New Year resolutions
This is the first of a monthly column in which I intend to explore no more and no less some
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