The abuse of power, and the power of abuse
By Allan Moss OMI Child abuse by the clergy, making the headlines of the mass media, has scandalised the world....
2010
To whom do bishops answer?
I take it that religious priests are accountable to the superior of their order and diocesan priests to their bishops....
A funny new dictionary
Every year, The Washington Post publishes the results of what it calls it’s “Mensa Invitational”, in which readers are challenged...
Rome, sweet home
Stephen Ind, Johannesburg: A friend has been passing on to me Southern Cross articles about the conversion of Anglicans, which...
Health of mind and body
The annual World Day for the Sick on February 11 serves to shine the Church’s light on those who are...
Now 20 Children
I gasped when I saw the headline of The Sunday Times yesterday, announcing that President Jacob Zuma has fathered his...
Ways for the African Church to grow up
A saying of the Bemba of Zambia goes “Mukolwe pakukula, afuna ipindo” (meaning “the cock fractures its wing in the...
Families on the ball
As I am writing this column we have just celebrated the feast of the Baptism of Jesus. What happened right...
Art for faith’s sake
By John Cowan Many people say that religious art needs some serious updating — and the president of the Vatican’s...
