Pope: Those who love Jesus want to pray
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The more people love Jesus, the more they will want to spend...
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Inside the Fifth Gospel
The Holy Land is the setting for almost all of the Bible. Being in the Holy Land, then, is to be immersed in Scripture. GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER explains the Fifth Gospel.
Should the unborn be baptised?
When my granddaughter died in the womb at full term, my priest would not baptise her. He buried her, making...
Behind a Good Homily
To what extent listeners positively respond to a homily is not readily noticed by the preacher at the most there...
Dignity for all God’s people
Mary Assumed into Heaven is the patronal feast of South Africa. The archdiocese of Cape Town recently celebrated 60 years...
Seeking the truth
From Anthony Sturges, Johannesburg Franko Sokolic (August 8) and I do agree on one point: the Father is creator of...
Speaking with silence
When we speak of communications, it seems counter-intuitive to counsel the virtues of silence, as Pope Benedict does this year...
How to communicate well
Sometimes it seems that we never forgave Gutenberg for inventing his printing press! Though the Church has engaged with various...
Mass readings 26 August – 2 September, 2012
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekdays Year 2 Sunday, August 26, 21st Sunday Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18, Psalm 34:2-3, 16-21, Ephesians 5:21-32...
