Remembering Well
Dear Reader, During the month of November, we Catholics remember our dead. Our feature article in this issue on how we relate to our departed loved ones...
Editorials 2023
Lessons from a Troubling Video
A video clip is currently circulating which accuses Cardinal Stephen Brislin of racism for not embracing and kissing an African cardinal in the way he greets two...
We are on a Mission
Dear Reader, October is Mission Month, so it is right that in this issue there is a running thread of evangelisation. The proclamation of the Good News,...
The Man in Red
Dear Reader, When he was a young deacon sent to Lesotho, Cardinal-elect Stephen Brislin received the Sesotho nickname Motlalepula, which means “he comes with rain”. When he...
Catholic Youth and Women
Our striking cover photo and the accompanying story show once again, as we have so often in the past, that the Catholic faith is alive in young...
The Future of the Church
Dear Reader, Our cover this month gives us an unusual view of St John Vianney National Seminary in Waterkloof, Pretoria. It is an aerial shot taken by...
The Youth and the Mass
Dear Reader, On June 16, South Africa marks its national Youth Day, so in this issue we turn our focus on youth. We encounter two remarkable young...
Many Ways to Serve God
Dear Reader, In the month of May, we usually pray for vocations, following on from Vocations Sunday (this year on April 30). In this issue we look...
Return of the Passion
Dear Reader, At last, the Durban Passion Play will take to the stage from April 6-16, three years after the pandemic stopped its performance at a day’s...
A Decade of a Papacy
Dear Reader, The Wednesday evening of March 13, 2013, will remain vivid in my memory forever. I was listening to Fr Russell Pollitt SJ and the late...
