October 2002

Mugabe’s Nazi tactics

Last week we reported that a Zimbabwean bishop has elected not to protest against the political harassment of a priest in his diocese. Fr Patrick Kelly of...

Abandon gay ban plan

The Vatican is reportedly preparing to issue a directive which would effect the exclusion from the priesthood of men with a homosexual orientation.

All sorts of missions

In Southern Africa, which is still regarded as a missionary territory, the promotion of vocations to the consecrated life forms a central theme of World Mission Sunday,...

Battleground Mary

As Catholics, we profess to believe in a number of pretty staggering things, such as immaculate conceptions and resurrections. It is therefore logical to suppose that some...

Reconciling with the Church

The question is an abiding concerns for the Catholic parent: will the children continue practising the faith beyond their day of confirmation?