Our Prayers for 2014
This year, South Africans will go to the polls to elect a new parliament. In the past, fears of election...
Editorials
The white burden
Every reasonable South African will feel revulsion at the assault on Fr Victor Phalana and his parishioner, Martin Wamba, by...
The real Nelson Mandela
The tributes to Nelson Mandela have been delivered and the glow of another burst of national unity, this time with...
A radical Christmas awaits those of faith
GUEST EDITORIAL BY FR S’MILO MNGADI A famous retail store recently ran a Christmas advert with the tagline “Christmas is...
A crisis few know of
While the world’s attention is firmly fixed on the civil war in Syria, a possibly even greater tragedy is being...
Finding the true meaning of Christmas
Every year during Advent — and, increasingly, weeks before that — we are likely to hear the call to observe...
Aids crisis is not over
GUEST EDITORIAL BY JOHAN VILJOEN December 1 is World Aids Day, an opportune moment to evaluate the past and assess...
Hearing the laity
The idea that Pope Francis and the Vatican advocated canvassing the views of the faithful on issues such as same-sex...
