The stem cell debate
When the Church developed the modern reasoning behind its teaching that all human life is sacred from the moment of...
October 2004
Marketing the Church?
Does the Church need a marketing strategy? This was a question I posed to a Catholic working for a successful...
Eucharist and mission
Cardinal Jozef Tomko coined a phrase at the International Eucharistic Congress in Mexico that should endure in our minds during...
Failing the poor
South Africa’s clothing manufacturing industry is in a crisis. The stronger rand has affected export opportunities, while the local market...
Salt – A World History
SALT: A World History, by Mark Kurlansky. Penguin, 2003. 496pp. Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher The history of the world up...
Bush, Kerry and the Church
As the presidential election campaign in the United States enters its final phase, the American public – indeed, the whole...
Springtime: Planting the seeds
The song in my head went: “I watch the sunrise, lighting the sky, warming the earth below. And on that...
