AIDS: A new strategy
When a decade ago the experts drew up their worst-case scenario for HIV/Aids in Africa, they failed to anticipate the...
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Better preaching
History may well record Barack Obama’s acceptance speech after being elected the 44th president of the United States as a...
Fit for the priesthood
When the Church accepts a young man for training towards the priesthood, it must be vigilant that the candidate is...
A new market
The experts are telling us that economics may never be the same again after the consequences of the recent collapse...
Ballots, not blood
For South Africa’s young democracy, the split in the African National Congress represents a major test for the country’s capacity...
Pius XII: Cutting it both ways
The historic moment of a rabbi addressing the Synod of Bishops this month was diluted by his use of that...
Our mission today
ON World Mission Sunday, this year on October 19, Catholics are asked to reflect on and pray for the Church’s...
A new media culture
For a man often accused of holding on to the certainties of the past, Pope Benedict takes a thoroughly modern...
Zuma as president
Now that the dust is settling over the uncertainties concerning Jacob Zuma’s bid to become South Africa’s next president, the...
