October 2001

Bishops after Vatican II

Preparations for this month’s Synod for Bishops offered few hints of just how candid many of the delegates would be in addressing the present system of governance...

Christians and Muslims after September 11

The attacks of September 11 have presented Muslim-Christian relations with new challenges and opportunities. Christian and Western leaders have been at pains to stress that the perpetrators...

The roots of terror

Catholics have been facing a moral dilemma since the terror attacks of September 11: how would the response by the United States and its allies be compatible...

Bishops as servants

The agenda of the Synod of Bishops taking place in the Vatican is substantial enough to keep its participants busy for a month.

SA enfeebled by rape

Parliament’s monitoring committee on the improvement of the quality of life and status of women heard lately that rape was now probably the most serious public health...