The next pope
Catholics watching images of the recent papal Mass in Lourdes will have been saddened at the palpable extent of Pope...
Editorials 2004
Pro-life on all fronts
The Catholic Church professes an immutable belief in the sanctity of life, a principle that bridges doctrinal, theological and philosophical...
The bishops and abortion
If the Church cannot convince legislators that life is sacred because it begins at conception, then we have next to...
No vocations crisis
South African Catholics who rely on the secular press for information about their Church may well feel despondent regarding the...
Bishops’ accountability
Just when Catholics thought the sex scandals in the Church had blown over, a new episode hit the headlines, this...
Zimbabwe and sanctions
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier’s call on the South African government to consider imposing “intelligent sanctions” on Zimbabwe’s Mugabe regime is timely....
Stand up for the faith
This week we report about the downgrading of the chapel in Johannesburg International Airport to a “prayer room”, along with...
Inquisition and the pope
The reputation of the Catholic Church has been stained by grievous episodes in its history. One of these was the...
Catholic literacy
Walk into any South African shopping mall of a certain size, and you are likely to find a classy media...
