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...
Editorials
Answering God
The central objective of our faith is the hope of salvation at the hour of our death; and our chief...
A Church that is Poor
For all the financial reforms which Pope Francis is instituting, all his calls for greater simplicity, and all his engagement...
Legalising Euthanasia
The ruling by Judge Hans Fabricius in the Pretoria High Court that a doctor who sought to assist a patient...
Who Will Lead SA?
South Africa has emerged from a traumatic month which has shaken the nation and damaged the country’s reputation.The xenophobic violence...
Catholics and Xenophobia
BY FR DAVID HOLDCROFT SJ It is now three months since a wave of looting of migrant-run shops began in Snake...
God’s Call to Service
This year’s World Day of Prayer for Vocations, observed by the Church throughout the world on April 26, has a...
Why Zapiro Cartoon Offended
Many Catholics expressed concern over a cartoon by Zapiro which used the crucifixion to make its political point. In the...
Bless the Peacemakers
During the Israeli election campaign last month, Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, ruled out the possibility of a sovereign Palestinian...
