The right to object
At a time when apartheid made its last stand in the late 1980s, increasing numbers of young white men refused...
2004
After the Locust
AFTER THE LOCUST: Letters from a Landscape of Faith. Edited by Denise Ackerman. David Philip, Cape Town. 2003. 180pp Reviewed...
Hans Küng: My Struggle for Freedom
MY STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, by Hans Küng. Translated by John Bowden. Continuum, London, 2003. 478 pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney
The full story
Hands up if you have experienced being confronted by a colleague, an acquaintance, or even a fellow Catholic with an...
Umzimkulu: 10 years, and still no new shepherd
Umzimkulu means palace or mansion. If names mean anything, Umzimkulu is supposed to refer to decor, royalty and style combined....
The next pope
Catholics watching images of the recent papal Mass in Lourdes will have been saddened at the palpable extent of Pope...
Pro-life on all fronts
The Catholic Church professes an immutable belief in the sanctity of life, a principle that bridges doctrinal, theological and philosophical...
Cancel Christmas? About time, too!
The Sunday newspaper headline screamed: “Christmas cancelled”. “Hooray, yippee! About time too!” I screamed back, punching the air and whooping...
Western Muslims and the Future of Islam
WESTERN MUSLIMS AND THE FUTURE OF ISLAM, by Tariq Ramadan. Oxford University Press. 2004. 272 pp. Reviewed by Jack Kearney
