Appalling abuse
Catholics will be appalled at the notion of priests coercing nuns (and other Catholics) into having sexual relations. Let us...
Editorials
Waive the patent
The South African government is to be commended for taking on the pharmaceutical giants over the provision of cheap medicines...
Waive the patent
The South African government is to be commended for taking on the pharmaceutical giants over the provision of cheap medicines...
War on crime
In deploring South Africa’s crime wave as a “low intensity war against ordinary people,” Cardinal Wilfrid Napier will have spoken...
Homosexuals in the priesthood
The Vatican and the Church in Italy are separately examining how to address the admission of homosexual men as candidates...
Preparing for Lent
By now, Catholics will have received the symbolic ashes on their foreheads, marking the beginning of Lent. As we prepare...
A call to heal the past
Catholics, more than any other sector of South African society, are able to attach a personal value to the mechanism...
Cardinals for Africa
Next Wednesday Pope John Paul will preside over the consistory at which 42 new cardinals are created, including South Africa’s...
