August 2003

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 surely is true of Abbot Francis Pfanner,...

School bullies: Fighting back

Statistics suggesting that half of all children subjected to bullying in schools are likely to develop psychological harm as a result of such harassment should alarm us....

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 inimical to religion on one side, and...

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 J Magida. Published by Skylight Paths: Woodstock,...

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, dedicated to the mother of God. Both...

Living With Saints

LIVING WITH SAINTS, by Mary O’Connel. Published by Review, London. 2001. 231pp. Reviewed by Gunther Simmermacher Even the saints occasionally had bad breath  to argue otherwise would...

Murder at Morija

MURDER AT MORIJA, by Tim Couzens. Published by Random House, Johannesburg. 2003. 468pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton Here is another contribution to the scholarly record of Southern...

Jesus in Mark

JESUS IN MARK: A teacher for the new century, by Br Mark Colussi. Published by Paulines Publications Africa, Nairobi, 2003. 160pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton Mario Colussi...