April 2004

Vocations for the laity

Pope John Paul, in his message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, says that it is his “most heartfelt wish” that prayers for vocations to...

Open eyes on Africa

As Rwanda this month commemorated the tenth anniversary of its genocide, the international community rightly expressed much contrition over its failure to intervene in the Holocaust, which...

The age of indifference

When the Pontifical Council for Culture said last month that the Church’s biggest challenge in Western societies was religious indifference rather than atheism or the denial of...

Owen Williams – Any Given Sunday

ANY GIVEN SUNDAY: An Anthology. By Owen Williams. Southern Cross Books, Cape Town. 2003. 330pp. Reviewed by Sydney Duval South African newspapers have been served by journalists who...