Right to protest

Catholics are entitled to feel outrage at the screening on South African television of a programme that slandered the Church. Read more…

Guess in South Africa

Behind every story of a political refugee there is a story of desperate trauma. Many have seen their family and friends murdered, and their own lives endangered. To save themselves, they have had to abandon homes and livelihoods in exchange for asylum in a strange, often unfriendly country. Read more…

Church under attack?

It is unfortunate that many Catholics seem to regard the recent revelations of sexual abuse by some priests as an “attack” on the Church. Read more…

150 years Catholic Church in Natal

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NATAL OVER 150 YEARS, by Joy Brain. Published by Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Natal Province. 2002. 143pp.

Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
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Hope amid gloom

Many South African Catholics will have been shocked by recent revelations of sexual abuse by priests in this country. Read more…

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