Editorials 2010

Keep the press free

South Africans must be deeply worried about the mooted statutory Media Appeals Tribunal and protection of information laws which effectively propose to exercise state control over media...

Suicide not an ‘easy way out’

Statistics suggest that at least two-thirds of people with psychological problems will never seek therapy. Facing an inner torment, many of these people find refuge in suicide....

Why xenophobia?

It is encouraging that the South African Police Services and government are taking appropriate action on violence against foreign nationals, even deploying the military to trouble hotspots....

The centre must hold

What sets the Catholic Church apart from almost every other religion is its line of governing the affairs of the Church from the centre, with the pope...

Mission accomplished

For six years South Africa built up towards hosting the 2010 World Cup, and for the past four weeks much of the country has existed in football...

Violence: We are warned

Over the past few weeks, South Africa has generated a tremendous amount of good will and respect across the world by welcoming the globe’s population to a...

A Church of penance

Many Catholics will lose patience with secular commentators who continue to insist that Pope Benedict has failed to apologise for the abuse of minors by priests and...

Giving life after death

A  few years ago Pope Benedict revealed that as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger he carried an organ donors’ card on him, seeing the posthumous gift of viable organs...

After the Year for Priests

The Church is concluding the special Year for Priests, but the focus on the priesthood must not be allowed to dissipate. For the past 12 months, the...

Welcome the world

In just a few days time, the big day will arrive: the culmination of a dream that had its seeds in the presidency of Nelson Mandela. On...