A Prophetic Birth
Guest editorial by Bishop Victor Phalana – The birth of Jesus is a real prophetic manifestation. In the Gospel of Matthew, the account of Christ’s birth highlights the threat...
Editorials 2009
Where would Jesus Stand?
It would require a very peculiar reading of the Gospel to locate Jesus anywhere else but at the side of the marginalised and vulnerable. The proposed law...
In the Darkest Hours
Catholics are rightly shocked by the report of abuses committed against minors by priests and the handling of allegations of such offences in the archdiocese of Dublin....
The Malema question
South Africa’s most controversial politician today must be Julius Malema, the president of the African National Congress Youth League. To his critics, Mr Malema is a demagogue...
AIDS: No easy answers
President Jacob Zuma this month acknowledged that South Africa is “not yet winning” the fight against HIV/Aids, pointing out that the country’s mortality rates may soon overtake...
A climate for change
The world’s leaders must show courage as they prepare for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen from December 7-18. Climate change is a question of...
Media frustration
In an interview with the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano in late October, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of Durban was asked whether the secular media had covered the Second...
Feed the multitudes
In the gospels we read about Jesus’ response when, on two occasions, he was faced with crowds of people he knew to be hungry. Something needed to...
Peace the prize
The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama has been greeted with some bemusement, not least by the recipient himself. The truth is...
