Editorials 2004

The age of indifference

When the Pontifical Council for Culture said last month that the Church’s biggest challenge in Western societies was religious indifference...

To fight terror

Witnesses describing the scene of the monstrous terror attack in Madrid told of the ceaseless ringing of cellphones, many presumably...

Catholics and Politics

The perfect Catholic politician would be, by inclination and in practice, solidly pro-life and pro-family. He (or, indeed, she) would...

A great churchman

When the history of the Southern African Church in the 20th century is written, two men will tower above the...

What we are voting for

President Thabo Mbeki’s announcement of this year’s election date, April 14, will have heralded the official start of a brief...