Voting the Right Way for the World
When American voters go to the polls on Tuesday, November 8, to elect their new president, their choice will have a profound effect not only on the...
Editorials 2016
Our Mission Today: the Business of Every Catholic
The haunting image on our front-page this week of a Jesuit priest facing an armoured police vehicle, moments before he was shot in the face, will doubtless...
Healing our Universities
South Africa is faced with myriad protests, often accompanied by violence. From service delivery protests to the students’ uprising, often accompanied by burning of infrastructure, we are...
Catholic: A Time to Stand Up
When in 2012 the satellite TV service DStv ruled out the inclusion of Catholic broadcaster EWTN on its South African bouquet, it exhibited an unequivocal disregard for...
5000 Times to be Thankful
The publication of our 5000th edition this week marks a significant milestone for this independent and entirely unsubsidised newspaper. For almost 96 years—from its first issue on...
Let’s Pray for our Bishops
Should an enterprising researcher conduct a survey of what quality lay people appreciate most in priests and bishops, humility would doubtless rank highly, perhaps even top such...
Behind Empty Eyes
For most people, one of the great fears is to suffer an accident or health crisis that would leave them in a so-called vegetative state. When confronted...
Is South Africa a Nation of Rape?
While President Jacob Zuma took to the podium to sign off the results of last month’s municipal elections, a protest by a group of women reminded the...
New Political Realities in SA
Before the local government elections in August, the African National Congress controlled five out of the six metros with populations of above a million. Now the ANC...
Will there be New Kinds of Priests?
There recently has been talk that the next Synod of Bishops might engage with the question of certain categories of married men being admitted to a new...
