10: The pope, in the flesh
At breakfast on Wednesday morning in Rome, our group of 45 pilgrims seemed a little more animated than usual. This...
September 2006
11: Connecting with a superstar among saints
Francesco di Bernardone was in many ways the prototype hippie, in the best sense of the word. He opted out...
The Muslim Outrage
The violent reaction to a perception that Pope Benedict had cast aspersions on Islam is a curious reversal of what...
The pope’s new man in SA
WE report this week that the newly appointed apostolic nuncio to the Southern African region has been ordained an archbishop....
SA Church needs more media savvy
In public relations circles they call it “damage control”. Even if it sounds like a lot of deceptive spin-doctoring, it...
A welcome stigma
State officials in Poland have proposed that drivers found guilty of operating their vehicles in a state of illegal inebriation...
The Quest for Humanity in Science and Religion
THE QUEST FOR HUMANITY IN SCIENCE AND RELIGION: The South African Experience, edited by Augustine Shutte. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg. 2006....
Vlok’s act of contrition
IN those dark days in the 1980s when the apartheid system mounted its final offensive against peace and justice, the...
You are a minister of arts and culture
Does the Church have an equivalent of he government’s department for arts and culture? This was this government department that...
