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...
Editorials
The Daswa cause
When the Vatican examines the sainthood cause of Benedict Daswa on October 9, many in the South African Church will...
The Church’s healing gift
In a perceptive column last week, our writer Sarah-Leah Pimentel proposed that Catholics make use of the sacrament of reconciliation...
Saint Denis Hurley?
This week a reader proposes that a cause for the canonisation of Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI be launched. The idea...
Mission field Internet
Since about the turn of the century, the definition of friendship has assumed new forms which benefit society, and can...
Stand up to the SABC
Catholics will feel snubbed by the decision by the SABC to renege on its promise, made in 2010, to broadcast...
Let’s Address the Tragedy of Mental Illness
The recent death by suicide of the actor Robin Williams, who reportedly suffered from bipolar depression, brought the question of...
Catholics and atheists
Pope Benedict XVI surprised many in 2011 when he invited atheists to participate in his interfaith peace gathering in Assisi....
Israel peace is possible
In the public discourse on the conflict between Israel and Palestine there always has been an emphasis on balance and...
