Editorials 2009

In the space of only three months, three priests were murdered in South Africa. Fr Ernst Plöchl CMM of Mariazell...

The kick-off whistle as South Africa’s football team take on Iraq in the opening game of the Confederation Cup on...

The release of a 2,600-page report detailing physical and sexual abuse perpetrated against minors in Catholic institutions over decades has...

Editorial by Michail Rassool Our special Catholic education issue has become an annual event in which Catholic schools showcase themselves,...

Within hours of touching down in Israel this month, Pope Benedict made known his views on the conflict in the...

In the popular TV drama series The West Wing, a Catholic US president brokers a peaceful settlement between Israelis and...

In the past this newspaper has questioned Jacob Zuma’s moral fitness to serve South Africa as president. Last month’s elections...

In this issue we examine God’s call for vocations from various angles: how that call is heard, how it is...

The public indignity that greeted Pope Benedict’s comments about Aids prevention, made in March on his flight to Cameroon, has...