February 2010

Good advice for a good Lent

I was listening to some children outside Mass on Ash Wednesday talking about what they were going to give up for Lent. The conversation was all about...

St Paul to Zuma: Only one wife

From John Lee, Johannesburg: I refer to Jacob Zuma and his many children from his several wives and other children from illicit liaisons. President Zuma has been...

Abuse: Only the truth will heal

It is encouraging that the bishops of Ireland and Pope Benedict have acknowledged the gravity of the Irish Church’s failings in protecting minors from abuses by Church...

A Slap in the Face

Cardinal Francis Rode, who is heading the Vatican Investigation (Inquisition) of American women religious (he who has been photographed wearing a red silk train nearly six meters...

Zoom-out time for Zuma

President Jacob Zuma is by some accounts, an extremely charismatic and charming man. By others, he also has the morals of an alley cat. But then I...

Mary has long led SA’s way

From Ethne Stevens, Cape Town: This month the question “Where were you when FW made that speech?” has been addressed to many people, but my memory goes...