February 2004

Victor Over Victim

VICTOR OVER VICTIM: The Bruce Walsh Story, by Bruce Walsh (as told to Sybrand Mostert). Human & Rosseau: Cape Town, 2003. 164pp. Reviewed by Malcolm Theunissen Bruce Walsh...

A great churchman

When the history of the Southern African Church in the 20th century is written, two men will tower above the worthy rest: Mgr Frederick Kolbe and Archbishop...

What we are voting for

President Thabo Mbeki’s announcement of this year’s election date, April 14, will have heralded the official start of a brief but intense campaign. The brevity of the...

War on a false premise

The resignation of US weapons inspector David Kay has confirmed what many, including the Holy See, have long believed: Iraq evidently did not possess weapons of mass...

Anti-Semitism and Mel Gibson’s Passion

Few films in cinematic history have contrived to attract so much attention from Christians and Jews alike as Mel Gibson’s as yet unreleased The Passion of the...

God’s Invisible Hand

GOD’S INVISIBLE HAND: Cardinal Francis Arinze interviewed by Gerard O’Connell. Paulines Publications Africa, Nairobi, 2003. 398 pp, with photos. Reviewed by Paddy Kearney These days publishers aren’t keen...