God and Temptation
The secular media and social networks became overexcited again this month about another comment by Pope Francis: this time the Holy Father supposedly proposed to change the Lord’s Prayer.
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This Was 2017 – The Highlights and Lowlights of the Year
It was the Catholic year that was dominated by the centenary of the apparitions at Fatima. In Southern Africa the Church began its year-long jubilee for the 200th anniversary of its establishment here, marked the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation, and challenged government and business on several issues. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks back at 2017.
Purgatory, Apocrypha and the Canon of Scripture
2 Maccabees was written 40 years after the event by Jason of Cyrene (M2:23) and belongs to books known as deuterocanonical or apocrypha. They are not part of the inclusive canon of Greek scriptures.
‘Amoris Laetitia’ is Built on Traditional Thomist Morality
Seeing, understanding and engaging with people’s real lives does not “bastardise” theology, rather it is what is needed to guide people toward God, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Colombia.
Translating the Liturgy
Pope Francis’ new document on the liturgy, Magnum Principium, might make a rather minimal change in canon law, but it has historical significance and ramifications.
Healthy Decentralisation, Not Fragmentation: Church Unity Around the Globe
Pope Francis talks about the need for a “healthy decentralisation” in the Catholic Church, but how that should look and work has been a topic of debate since the Second Vatican Council.
Our Knowledge of the Bible
The Bible has never been neglected by the Catholic Church. This is because both the Old Testament and the New have only one core, one point of reference, and that is Jesus Christ.
The Church’s Language Problem
In so many areas of our lives, we have overcome our prejudices to exercise gender sensitivity in language.
Why does God Bless Some but Not Others?
Does God favour some and not others – like Cain and Abel? Why do some people have a happy life,...
