Don’t Fight over Mary
This Week’s editorial looks at the role of Mary in the Church and how the faithful can sometimes create divisiveness...
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Bigotry: Be the Cure
The year has seen the triumph of fear-based politics: the success of Donald Trump’s hate-based campaign, the Brexit vote, and...
An Eternal Season of Mercy
In the world today, the definitions and certainties of the human experience are shifting. Family life, sexuality, sacredness of life...
Leave it in the Ground
When pumped or squeezed out of the earth, oil pollutes both the natural and moral environments. Land is blighted by...
Cesspool of Corruption
The waves of revelations about the corruption of the government under President Jacob Zuma, and the extent to which the...
There’s a Saint For Everyone
While it would be an exaggeration to claim that the saints have fallen from the Catholic consciousness, it is fair...
Responding to Abortion
Twenty years ago this month, parliament voted to pass the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, which legalised abortion in...
Voting the Right Way for the World
When American voters go to the polls on Tuesday, November 8, to elect their new president, their choice will have...
Our Mission Today: the Business of Every Catholic
The haunting image on our front-page this week of a Jesuit priest facing an armoured police vehicle, moments before he...
