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...
Category: Raymond Perrier
Fratelli Tutti inspected: What Women Say
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...
Sometimes Just Keep it Simple
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...
To Live Well Is To Change Often
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...
Ten Tips For Good Ethics
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...
Why We Must Face Up To Our Death
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...
Why Arts Are Important in Our Lives
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...
Coronavirus: How Should Churches Respond?
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...
South Africa’s Time for Resurrection
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...
The Catholic Church And Human Rights
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...
Lent: A Detox of the Soul
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...
Why Is It So Hard For Us To Say Sorry?
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,...
