2001

Paedophilia: Protect the children

It is evident that many bishops around the world have been ill equipped to deal with allegations of child molestation by Church personnel in their dioceses. Even...

Making too merry

By Bernard Likalimba During my teenage years in Malawi, Christmas was not all about going to church and praying. For many, Christmas was also about going to...

A Christmas message from the cardinal

GUEST CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL BY CARDINAL WILFRID NAPIER OFM For us, a people battered as we are by a crime rate that is out of control and the...

Song in the manger

A short story by Margaret Schewe As he was rounding the wide bend, which was at the end of the town’s main street and which seemed to...

Stem cell cloning: playing God

Circumstances are rare when secular and religious commentators find some common ground on an ethical issue. The critical reaction to the announcement that a medical firm has...

Pope’s fast for peace

Pope John Paul’s call for a day of prayer and fast for peace on December 14 goes beyond archaic piety. Coupled with the planned inter-faith day of...

President Mbeki and Aids: A bizarre agenda

When history ultimately judges his presidency, Thabo Mbeki risks being examined not for his admirable efforts to kickstart an African renaissance, but for his bizarre agenda involving...

Fascism on our doorstep

The recent banishment of Irish Father Gabriel Maguire from Zimbabwe may or may not have been linked to the priest’s objections to the Mugabe government.

Religion in the new curriculum

The government’s new draft curriculum, which has alarmed many Christians, prominently bears the personal stamp of Kader Asmal, the education minister presiding over its creation.