The Iraq malaise
Even after the capture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the Holy See continues to point out that the invasion of Iraq earlier this year was illegal...
Editorials 2003
2004: Year of Hope
As we reflect on the year 2003, and look towards 2004, we focus our hopes and prayers on many areas where the new year may bring brighter...
God’s special gift to us
Guest editorial by Archbishop Denis E Hurley OMI About 15 billion years ago a cosmic blast occurred that we have come to call the “Big Bang”. Our...
Catholic Anger will remain
The public outrage that greeted revelations of the rugby training methods employed in the run-up to last months world cup is entirely justified.
Catholic Anger will remain
The ruling by the Broadcast Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) that an episode of the adult cartoon series South Park screened here in May was not...
Aids will define our future
It must be infuriating for those Catholics working in the field of HIV/Aids that in the secular arena the Churchs response is often reduced to its doctrines...
Who is a dissident?
Shortly before Cardinal Keith OBrien, archbishop of Edinburgh, was elevated to the College of Cardinals in October, he made a public profession of faith (as is required...
Confronting SA’s past
Pope John Paul is an astute observer of the human condition when he says that true reconciliation is impossible without wrongs first being acknowledged by their perpetrators.
A beacon of justice
It is encouraging that the fearless witness of Archbishop Pius Ncube, a beacon of social justice in Zimbabwe, is being internationally recognised, as we report this week.
A culture of indifference
South African Catholics will have been disappointed, perhaps even angered, at the absence of live coverage of Mother Teresas beatification on national television in October.
