The great transition
Twenty years ago on February 2, President FW de Klerk formally pronounced the death of the apartheid system with his...
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Church in the margins
Archbishop Vincent Nichols Of Westminster is right when he compares the dogmatic stridency of some secularists with that of “the...
The preaching problem
An Italian bishop has articulated what many Catholics in South Africa are thinking: that homilies — the pre-eminent form of...
The Pius XII dilemma
When Pope Benedict declared Pope Pius XII venerable in December, the outraged reaction from some quarters was predictable. The war-time...
Where would Jesus Stand?
It would require a very peculiar reading of the Gospel to locate Jesus anywhere else but at the side of...
In the Darkest Hours
Catholics are rightly shocked by the report of abuses committed against minors by priests and the handling of allegations of...
The Malema question
South Africa’s most controversial politician today must be Julius Malema, the president of the African National Congress Youth League. To...
AIDS: No easy answers
President Jacob Zuma this month acknowledged that South Africa is “not yet winning” the fight against HIV/Aids, pointing out that...
