The first line of defence

Earlier this month SABC3 broadcast a programme produced in the United States titled “Catholic Sex”, which contemplated the nature of and reaction to the sexual abuse crisis in Boston. Read more…

The elusive peace

Forty years after Pope John XXIII addressed the theme of peace in his encyclical Pacem in terris, the world continues its pursuit for global harmony. Read more…

Israel’s wall of hate

When in 1961 the communist government of East Germany built a wall to divide the city of Berlin, the international outcry was loud and sustained. The Berlin wall became a potent icon of the cold war, and its fall in 1989 a symbol of an end to tyranny behind the Iron Curtain. Read more…

Legacy of the smiling pope

This week 25 years ago, Pope John Paul I was nearing the halfway mark of his brief pontificate. Catholics around the world were still wondering what to make of this pontiff who in an instant had won their hearts with his captivating smile and humility. Read more…

Responsibility in the Time of Aids

RESPONSIBILITY IN THE TIME OF AIDS: A Pastoral Response by Catholic Theologians and AIDS Activists in Southern Africa. Stuart C Bate OMI (ed). St Augustine College of South Africa/ Cluster Publications, 2003. 188pp.

Reviewed by Michael Shackleton

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