Ballots, not blood
For South Africa’s young democracy, the split in the African National Congress represents a major test for the country’s capacity...
Editorials 2008
Pius XII: Cutting it both ways
The historic moment of a rabbi addressing the Synod of Bishops this month was diluted by his use of that...
Our mission today
ON World Mission Sunday, this year on October 19, Catholics are asked to reflect on and pray for the Church’s...
A new media culture
For a man often accused of holding on to the certainties of the past, Pope Benedict takes a thoroughly modern...
Zuma as president
Now that the dust is settling over the uncertainties concerning Jacob Zuma’s bid to become South Africa’s next president, the...
Unfriendly suspicions
It is unfortunate that the transfer of the relics of Cardinal John Henry Newman should have produced a slanging match...
Votes of conscience
Over the next couple of months, the US presidential election campaign will kick into high gear – and with it...
Making our voice heard
If one were to form an opinion about the Catholic Church based entirely on its coverage in South Africas mainstream...
How women dress
Less than a century ago, it was considered indecent for a woman to bare her ankles. Today, as fashions have...
