In a discussion, I was told that the Church has revised its position on original sin, so that we are not born with this sin at all. Is that true? Why, then, would baptism, which I was taught frees us from original sin, be necessary for salvation?
Church / Church Teaching / Question & Answer / Shackleton / Trinity
by Michael Shackleton · Published July 2, 2024 · Last modified July 1, 2024
Question: I have great difficulty in explaining the Trinity to non-Christians who persist in thinking that we worship three gods, as some have intimated that we do...
Church / Church Teaching / Question & Answer / Shackleton / Theology / Trinity
by Michael Shackleton · Published May 21, 2024
The Holy Trinity is a mystery to the human intelligence yet it is an article of our Christian faith. I know the three divine persons are mentioned...
Church / Church History / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published May 20, 2024 · Last modified May 16, 2024
It has been thirty years since the death of South Africa’s first cardinal. Our Advisory Editor Michael Shackleton looks back on his time as His Eminence Owen...
Church / Question & Answer / Sacraments / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published April 1, 2024
Question: What is the difference between sacraments and sacramentals? Answer: The seven sacraments of the Church are liturgical celebrations. They are visible signs and instruments instituted by...
Feast Days / Perspectives / Question & Answer / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published March 26, 2024
Our parish celebrated the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday for the first time. We found, however, that there is a lot of confusion about...
Why do we read the Passion of the Lord at the Palm Sunday Mass? I can understand the reason for reading it on Good Friday but Palm...
Ash Wednesday / Jesus / Lent / Repentance / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published February 14, 2024 · Last modified February 11, 2024
Lent, the season of repentance is the time to reflect seriously on the words used when the ashes stain our foreheads, namely, that we come from the dust of the earth and will go back there
Church / Church Teaching / Purgatory / Question & Answer / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published February 13, 2024
Question: What exactly is purgatory? Has the teaching of it fallen out of favour? And if purgatory exists, what happens there? Answer: Even in Old Testament times,...
Church / Priests / Question & Answer / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published November 21, 2023 · Last modified September 10, 2024
The citizens of ancient Rome were accustomed to wearing a white towel-like cloth around their necks or over the shoulder. Known as a sudarium, its purpose was to wipe away the perspiration that bothered them, especially in the extreme heat of a Roman summer.
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