Editorials 2015

Suicide: A pastoral response

This week’s column by Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI will resonate deeply with people who have encountered the tragedy of suicide, and also gives support to those who...

The Mandela Cult

A recent opinion piece in the secular press by a young writer took issue with the Mandelification of the struggle. In her Sunday Independent article, Mailaka wa...

An Economic Revolution?

When the global financial crisis of 2008 hit, the politicians’ promise was that economic policy would change for the better, that the bankers and speculators whose machinations...

Living with Muslims

The deeply troubling reports of the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, Pakistan and parts of Africa, and anti-Muslim sentiments in the West, are feeding a...

Educating Beyond the Mind

GUEST EDITORIAL BY KENNY PASENSIE Most South Africans will have been at a loss for words when they learned of reports of racial segregation at a private...

A Church on the Right Path

After many years and several false starts, the Vatican is finally on the right track in addressing the difficult issue of sexual abuse of minors in the...

Sense of the Faithful

After 62% of Ireland’s population voted against the position represented by the Catholic Church in last months referendum on gay marriage, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin spoke...