What Next for Church in Pandemic?
The Church must have taken note of the experts’ current position on the coronavirus pandemic, as encapsulated by Prof Shabir...
Fr S'milo Mngadi
I Have No Answers but Many Questions
The widely reported instances of sexual abuse and sexual misconduct of the clergy — two separate concepts civilly but equally...
Bishop de Gouveia Gave us Prophetic Witness
This month we learnt of the resignation of Bishop Francisco de Gouveia from the pastoral leadership of the diocese of...
The Church Has to be Home for All
In a recent social network post, Fr James Martin SJ reported that the Catholic composer of hymns like “Here I Am Lord”, Dan Schutte, had had a concert scheduled for April banned from a Catholic parish’s grounds in the US, after protests by right-wing Catholic websites that suspect the composer to be “gay”. This is sad.
How Can SA’s Church Brand Itself?
This year marks 200 years of Catholicism in South Africa. However, after so many years, there is no symbol, image or any such which says “Catholic Church” to any South African in the street.
