40 years of dissent
IN the 40 years since Pope Paul VI released his encyclical Humanae vitae (Of Human Life), which prohibited the conjugal...
2008
For the Sake of Silence – Michael Cawood Green
FOR THE SAKE OF SILENCE, by Michael Cawood Green. Published by Umuzi, Cape Town. 2008. 558pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
Humanae vitae: Paul VI was proved right
By Bishop Edward Adams Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae vitae is almost exclusively linked to birth control. After it was...
How we can cure xenophobia
Last month I endeavoured to show the connection between xenophobia and leadership. This column suggests some long-term strategies for responding...
Pope Benedict, style guru for the noughties
Pope Benedict’s sartorial stylings have made news recently, in lifestyle magazines and in the Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. Last year Esquire...
Anglican discord
Whenever religious faith is a source of conflict between believers, God’s name is offended. In that light, the potential for...
The writer’s great fear of the blank mind and page
Every writer lives in fear. It’s a dread that would make dealing with the taxman followed by an unanaesthetised root...
Why do young Catholics go Pentecostal?
Why is it that so many young people, including Catholics, are attracted to join the Pentecostal churches such as the...
Mandela at 90
AS we celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday on July 18, we rejoice that God has spared us our Father of...
