South Africa’s sainthood cause
Pope John Paul has described the saints as people who have “lived an ordinary life in an extraordinary way”. This...
August 2003
School bullies: Fighting back
Statistics suggesting that half of all children subjected to bullying in schools are likely to develop psychological harm as a...
Same sex unions: Shaping the law
The government’s new proposed policy on religion in education is the fruit of tough negotiations between an education minister instinctively...
How to be a Perfect Stranger
HOW TO BE A PERFECT STRANGER: The essential religious etiquette handbook (3rd edition). Edited by Stuart M Matlins & Arthur...
Women in the Church
In August, South Africans observe the secular National Women’s Day. Catholics also celebrate their patronal feast day of the Assumption,...
Living With Saints
LIVING WITH SAINTS, by Mary O’Connel. Published by Review, London. 2001. 231pp. Reviewed by Gunther Simmermacher Even the saints occasionally...
Murder at Morija
MURDER AT MORIJA, by Tim Couzens. Published by Random House, Johannesburg. 2003. 468pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton Here is another...
Jesus in Mark
JESUS IN MARK: A teacher for the new century, by Br Mark Colussi. Published by Paulines Publications Africa, Nairobi, 2003....
