Aids will define our future
It must be infuriating for those Catholics working in the field of HIV/Aids that in the secular arena the Church’s response is often reduced to its doctrines governing the use of condoms. For that, the Church itself must shoulder some of the blame. Read more…
Who is a dissident?
Shortly before Cardinal Keith O’Brien, archbishop of Edinburgh, was elevated to the College of Cardinals in October, he made a public profession of faith (as is required of all cardinals-designate), adding a pledge of fidelity to Church teaching to the standard Nicene Creed. Read more…
Confronting SA’s past
Pope John Paul is an astute observer of the human condition when he says that true reconciliation is impossible without wrongs first being acknowledged by their perpetrators. Read more…
A beacon of justice
It is encouraging that the fearless witness of Archbishop Pius Ncube, a beacon of social justice in Zimbabwe, is being internationally recognised, as we report this week. Read more…


