A culture of indifference
South African Catholics will have been disappointed, perhaps even angered, at the absence of live coverage of Mother Teresas beatification...
Editorials 2003
SA’s woman priest
Predictably the ordination to the priesthood of a South African nun has stirred controversy in the local Church. It must...
John Paul Superstar
As Pope John Paul celebrates his 25th pontifical anniversary he was elected on October 16, 1978 and installed on October...
The genius of Mother Teresa
Word is that Pope John Paul seriously considered skipping the stage of beatification for Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and declare...
Safeguarding liturgy
As the Vatican is preparing to root out liturgical abuses, it is encouraging to learn that the draft document on...
The first line of defence
Earlier this month SABC3 broadcast a programme produced in the United States titled “Catholic Sex”, which contemplated the nature of...
The elusive peace
Forty years after Pope John XXIII addressed the theme of peace in his encyclical Pacem in terris, the world continues...
Israel’s wall of hate
When in 1961 the communist government of East Germany built a wall to divide the city of Berlin, the international...
Legacy of the smiling pope
This week 25 years ago, Pope John Paul I was nearing the halfway mark of his brief pontificate. Catholics around...
