December 2002

Year-end Review 2002

JANUARY Archbishop Denis Hurley, 86, retires for good from active ministry. Since retiring as archbishop of Durban, he had served Emmanuel cathedral parish as its pastor. At...

The abortion fight

As we observe the feast of the massacre of the Holy Innocents, our minds turn to the deplorable rate of abortions in South Africa, and the glee...

Cover-ups at the top?

Catholics will have been dismayed to read news reports which suggest that the cover-up of sexual abuse by priests goes as high up as to the Holy...

Not just one Christmas

Which Christmas are we celebrating this year? In our secularised society, Christmas has long ceased to be mainly the feast of the Nativity of our Lord. Modern...

Lessons from a sad history

This week we are publishing a review of a book, provocatively titled A Moral Reckoning, by the US Jewish historian Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, who presents the Catholic...

The Church and condoms

After Bishop Kevin Dowling last year called on the Church to reconsider its absolute ban on the use of condoms in the fight against Aids, the local...