Remembering Well
Dear Reader, During the month of November, we Catholics remember our dead. Our feature article in this issue on how […]
Church Church Teaching Editorials 2023 Simmermacher
Why Was Jesus Based in a Backwater?
Question: Why did Jesus base himself in provincial Galilee? It does seem that his main opposition would have been in
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Why Does the Church Transfer Feasts?
Question: Why does the Church transfer our great solemnities, such as the Ascension in May or the Assumption of Our
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Lessons from a Troubling Video
A video clip is currently circulating which accuses Cardinal Stephen Brislin of racism for not embracing and kissing an African
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St Francis of Assisi: The ‘superstar saint’ who sought poverty
As a youngster he lived the high life, but now he is known as the ‘beggar saint’. This is the
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Cardinal Stephen Brislin’s Thanksgiving Mass
A day after receiving the red hat from Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square, Cardinal Stephen Brislin of Cape Town
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When did Mary and Joseph Get Married?
Question: Your Saint of the Month article on St Joseph (March 2023) states: “Joseph and Mary are not yet married
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Church Editorials 2023 Mission Saints Simmermacher
We are on a Mission
Dear Reader, October is Mission Month, so it is right that in this issue there is a running thread of
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Church Editorials 2023 Simmermacher
The Man in Red
Dear Reader, When he was a young deacon sent to Lesotho, Cardinal-elect Stephen Brislin received the Sesotho nickname Motlalepula, which
