The woman priest debate
The recent ordination in South Africa of a woman, Dr Mary Ryan, to the Catholic priesthood – an illicit and...
Editorials
The historical Jesus
Catholics will be exasperated by the periodic claims by experts, many of them self-proclaimed, that Jesus did not exist or...
Solidarity of Faiths
Recent reports from Pakistan of Christians being sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy, and even murdered for it, should...
The Church and Science
It seems that all pronouncements by Pope Francis which defy the secular worlds preconceived notions about the Church are being...
Lessons from a Cardinal’s Media Fiasco
Church leaders, especially in the higher levels of the hierarchy, have a particular responsibility to represent the Christian virtues of...
Mercy and the Law
God’s laws are meant to lead all people to Christ and his glory — and if they do not, then...
Mission Sunday’s Bishop
GUEST EDITORIAL BY MICHAEL SHACKLETON Mission Sunday should be taken seriously by African Catholics in general and Southern African Catholics...
Innocents of War
Guest editorial: Michael Shackleton – Battlefields and graveyards mark the historical evidence of war in all parts of the world,...
The synod’s battlelines
There are heightened expectations that this month’s Synod of Bishops on the family might produce changes, especially on the question...
