What to sing on Good Friday and the Easter vigil
In his second and final article on the Triduum liturgies, Fr MALCOLM McLAREN explains how good planning in the music...
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Human rights and the Catholic Church
On March 21 we commemorate the 1960 Sharpeville massacre with Human Rights Day. And church leaders, nationally and locally, will...
Advising Pope Francis
Imagine getting a call from Pope Francis explaining that he would like your advice concerning the most important issues facing...
What we need in parish life
From Bishop Edward Risi OMI, Keimoes-Upington The letter of Fritz Rijkenberg Format of Mass loses followers (February 13) highlights a...
The rape of South Africa
It is an indictment of South African society that it should be necessary for citizens to launch campaigns that point...
‘Game over’ for violent video games
BY?ADAM?SHAW Even as people across the United States mourned the children and teachers who were killed in the Sandy Hook...
Striking the right note in Holy Week
Parishes are now preparing for the Holy Week celebrations. In the first of two articles, Fr MALCOLM McLAREN advises how...
What the secular media failed to grasp
The resignation of a pope was always a going to be a controversial thing. What I didn’t expect was the...
Why an African pope?
The shock resignation of Pope Benedict triggered off an enormous amount of debate and speculation about his successor. Some, particularly...
