May 2004

2010: Great expectations

As South Africans slowly recover from the euphoria of winning the bid for the FIFA World Cup in 2010, the real work of organising the event must...

Three choices on gay unions

Southern African Catholics who had the privilege of meeting Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, the apostolic nuncio in Pretoria from 1998 to 2000, will remember him as...

Christians together

It is a cruel paradox that the history of Christianity should be marked by festering antagonism among the followers of Christ. Many South African Catholics will recall...

Liturgical abuses

Good sense has prevailed in the Vatican’s long-awaited document on liturgical practices, Redemptionis sacramentum (The Sacrament of Redemption) Pope John Paul last year requested the preparation of...