2013: The upside of bad times
The end of the year is a naturally reflective time. Our society rightly makes a big deal out of this […]
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Perspectives
Mass readings
Mass Readings – December 22-29
Sunday, December 22, Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 7:10-14, Psalm 24:1-6, Romans 1:1-7, Matthew 1:18-24 Monday, December 23 Malachi 3:1-4,
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Pope Francis
Pope, at audience, says Christmas offers lesson in humility
By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said Christmas is an occasion of joy
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Your Letters
Independent Catholic Church Communities?
From From Fr Raphael Thomas, Cape Town –Â I write in response to Fr Fano Ngcobo’s letter, “An alternative” (November 20).
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Christmas Editorials Editorials 2013
A radical Christmas awaits those of faith
GUEST EDITORIAL BY FR S’MILO MNGADI A famous retail store recently ran a Christmas advert with the tagline “Christmas is
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Other Writers Perspectives
Can kids’ TV habits be changed?
BY MARK PATTISON It’s bad enough that parents realise it’s not good to let their kids have so much screen
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Ntabeni Perspectives
Prelude to a Xhosa disaster
Whenever the Xhosa nation is under heightened tensions, whether political or economic, it tends to appeal to numinous forces for
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Your Letters
Every child deserves to be loved
From Joezette MacKay, Pietermaritzburg Responding to Sharon West’s letter of November 13, I have been Catholic my whole life but
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Pope Francis
Pope at audience: Americas, open your arms to poor, immigrants, unborn
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis prayed that Catholics throughout the Americas would open
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