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 chance of persuading them to repeal...
If the Church cannot convince legislators that life is sacred because it begins at conception, then we have next to no chance of persuading them to repeal...
South African Catholics who rely on the secular press for information about their Church may well feel despondent regarding the much-trumpeted vocations crisis.
Just when Catholics thought the sex scandals in the Church had blown over, a new episode hit the headlines, this time in Austria. The reported shenanigans in...
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier’s call on the South African government to consider imposing “intelligent sanctions” on Zimbabwe’s Mugabe regime is timely. Alas, his appeal will inevitably fall on...
This week we report about the downgrading of the chapel in Johannesburg International Airport to a “prayer room”, along with the substitution of Christian symbols with Muslim...
The reputation of the Catholic Church has been stained by grievous episodes in its history. One of these was the Inquisition, a time when perceived dissent from...
Walk into any South African shopping mall of a certain size, and you are likely to find a classy media centre aimed at Christians of an evangelical...
In South Africa, the odds are stacked against the unborn. The courts allow teenagers to procure abortions without parental consent; the governments intention to widen access to...
South Africa’s Catholic Church received a proverbial kick in the teeth when the Independent Communications Authority (ICASA) refused permission for Radio Veritas broadcasts to Durban and Cape...
The Catholic Church has from the outset been opposed to the invasion of Iraq, warning the United States, Britain and their allies of the folly of an...
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