Separating Church and State
Last October’s Synod for Africa realised the need to step up the Church’s involvement in speaking for the voiceless, not...
July 2010
Apostolic visitor from South Africa
From Paul Taylor, Johannesburg: Your report “Pope’s high-powered team to help Irish Church in crisis” (June 9) refers . Your...
African Ancestor Beliefs and the Catholic Communion of Saints: Concord or Conflict?
Most if not all Black Catholics within the Archdiocese of Cape Town (ACT), South Africa, pray to their ancestors. Is...
An itinerary for the afterlife
One of the great benefits of our modern world is that international travel is becoming a lot more affordable, thereby...
The forgotten Africa
The blare of vuvuzelas is everywhere, even here in Kenya where we have no real national football to talk about....
Many reasons to donate organs
From Dickon Daggit, Cape Town: I would like to compliment and thank you for your editorial on organ transplants (June...
Mission accomplished
For six years South Africa built up towards hosting the 2010 World Cup, and for the past four weeks much...
Confession can’t be coercive
Bishop Girotti of the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary reportedly said that a priest who confesses sexual abuse should generally not be...
Is confession a thing of the past?
From Marion Jordaan, Pietermaritzburg As I prepare the children of my catechism class for the sacrament of reconciliation before their...
