Editorials 2007

The jingle bells jingling all the way to the sound of overworked cash registers are faraway from the peals of church bells that usher in the silent...

On December 16, the delegates to the 52nd national conference of the African National Congress will make a decision which will likely shape the future of this...

Many South Africans perhaps are experiencing a sense of Aids fatigue, especially among those not (yet) generally affected by the effects of the pandemic.

Television viewers with the means and inclination to tune into the latest instalment of the Big Brother Africa series, which ended this month, may have witnessed the...

Conventional wisdom tends to hold religion responsible for most wars in history, with some ascribing religious motives to many conflicts even today. Such notions are sweeping generalisations....

This newspaper received a flood of letters in the wake of reports about an allegation of sexual abuse against the late Bishop Reginald Orsmond of Johannesburg, stemming...

Efforts by a group of women religious in 26 countries to tackle the distressing problem of human trafficking must be roundly welcomed and resolutely supported.

The archbishop of Johannesburg is a thoughtful man, not given to impetuous statements. So Archbishop Buti Tlhagale’s uncompromising address at the funeral Mass for murdered Fr Allard...

The Church is missionary by her very nature. As we observe World Mission Sunday, this statement a quote from Pope John Paul II’s 1990 encyclical Redemptoris missio...

For many consumers of alcohol, enjoying an occasional drink or even a rare overindulgence is a pleasurable experience. Scientists have even ascribed health enhancing properties to moderate...