The problem of atheism
GUEST EDITORIAL BY MICHAEL SHACKLETON It matters to the Church and its beliefs that there are professed and unprofessed atheists...
Editorials 2013
Parents and education
GUEST EDITORIAL: ANNE BAKER South African education is currently in crisis. Children cannot read or do maths at the levels...
Let the Priests be Human
Does the laity expect too much from its priests? Conversely, do some priests expect too little from lay people? For...
Politics and the Church
When the Justice & Peace Department issued a strong statement recently in protest against e-tolling—even calling for resistance to it—the...
Echoes of John XXIII in Pope Francis
As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Pope John XXIII, we also observe the emergence of a...
Worse than Other Sins
Before he was elected to the papacy, Pope Francis made a most startling statement: corruption, he said, is worse than...
Making New Saints
Recent reports of the approval of a new miracle attributed to Bl John Paul II gave rise to overexcited announcements...
Models of motherhood
Medical staff at prisons may well tell you that at the sight of a hypodermic needle, many a hardened gangster,...
The revolution of family
In recent weeks several Church leaders have indicated that they might not oppose legislation that would extend civil union rights...
