Lenten Joy and Pain
For Catholics, and some other Christians, it is part of life’s cultural tradition to make the sacrifice of giving up...
Editorials 2014
A Prosperous New Year?
Acting editor Fr Chris Chatteris SJ Theres definitely more and more of them about  books on the end of economic...
Our Prayers for 2015
As we change our calendars from 2014 to 2015, we give thanks to God for his abundant graces, even those...
Christmas Trek and Back
GUEST EDITORIAL BY PULENG MATSANENG South Africa’s migratory culture makes the Christmas season especially vibrant. People plan for the season...
The fallout from the long postal strike
The long, protracted postal strike has done business in South Africa great harm. It affected especially small and medium-sized enterprises which...
Pope Francis’ position
Clearly, many people have yet to work out Pope Francis who in less than two years has profoundly changed the...
The woman priest debate
The recent ordination in South Africa of a woman, Dr Mary Ryan, to the Catholic priesthood – an illicit and...
The historical Jesus
Catholics will be exasperated by the periodic claims by experts, many of them self-proclaimed, that Jesus did not exist or...
Solidarity of Faiths
Recent reports from Pakistan of Christians being sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy, and even murdered for it, should...
