Two saintly popes
If the College of Saints could meet in a consistory, as the world’s cardinals periodically do, then surely they would...
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The fruits of a catastrophe
Guest editorial by Margaret Blackie In the gospel of John, Jesus says: Unless a grain of wheat falls to the...
Calvary was not the end
One Friday afternoon during the Jewish feast of Passover almost 2000 years ago, there died a leader of a messianic...
Our task is to convert the corrupt
A series of reports issued by the Office of the Public Protector over the past few months has placed on...
Some unlearned lessons
In April Rwanda will mark the 20th anniversary of its genocide, which in 100 unforgiving days killed an estimated 800...
A listening Church
In his recent interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Pope Francis said that he welcomes vigorous debate, apparently...
Responding to scandal
Over the past decade or so, the Catholic Church worldwide has taken a thorough and not unmerited beating over scandals...
The Church and money
A year ago the cardinals in conclave sent the freshly elected pope into his new mission with a mandate to...
Our fifth election
Twenty years ago South Africa emerged from the often violent and uncertain four-year interregnum that followed the nightmare of apartheid...
