Peace the prize
The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama has been greeted with some bemusement, not least...
Editorials 2009
Mission field youth
This week, Bishop Jan de Groef, a member of a missionary order, reminds us that all the People of God...
Misplaced sympathy
We should be disturbed by the public sympathy film director Roman Polanski has received from some quarters, including the French...
For better or worse
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading we hear Jesus’ injunction that the bond of marriage entered into freely under God is...
Africa’s Church in focus
Not long before his death in 2005, Pope John Paul II imparted on Africa, a continent he loved, a final...
The slaves of 2010
Trafficking in people is the fastest growing source of profit for sophisticated and ruthless criminal enterprises worldwide, according to the...
Talk about race
After reportedly having rejected a debate on race within the African National Congress (ANC) last month, President Jacob Zuma must...
Using the new media
What would St Paul think of a Church that does not use all the available media to spread the Good...
Martyrs or terrorists?
This week we are publishing some of the letters we have received in reaction to a memorial service held in...
