Church’s dialogue with Jews
Pope Benedict may not engage in the expansive theatrical interplay of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, but he evidently...
Editorials 2005
Poverty: It’s now or never
It is telling that a cardinal from one of Central America’s poorest countries should agitate so strongly for debt relief...
A shared Eucharist
When in late May Pope Benedict and Cardinal Walter Kasper spoke about the Eucharist, they outlined why they believed sharing...
Facing up to suicide
About a year ago, a funeral service caused much uproar in a South African archdiocese. Burying a 14-year-old girl who...
The vice of corruption
We should be glad that authorities expose many cases of corruption in the South African civil service. On the other...
The voice of the papacy
Popes come and go. When they do, the Church’s focus is on the person, the particular man who has worn...
A time to heal
As the cardinals prepared to enter conclave on April 18 to elect a new pope, newspapers in Europe already had...
Standing up for the Church
The joy Catholics will have felt at the worldwide plethora of goodwill towards the Catholic Church following the death of...
A man for all seasons
It is a mark of the pervasive nature of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate that the nature of his successor...
