When Pope John XXIII announced his intention to hold an ecumenical Church council in 1959, he changed the Church’s course

In South Africa and elsewhere there has been a recent groundswell proposing the legalisation of euthanasia, presenting assisted suicide as

The next few weeks will be of long-term importance for the future of South Africa as local branches and regions

South Africa is taking a lead in instituting boycotts of Israel over that country’s occupation of the West Bank, and

When we speak of communications, it seems counter-intuitive to counsel the virtues of silence, as Pope Benedict does this year

The Catholic Church around the world is evidently becoming fed up with a lack of civility in public discourse. In

It is encouraging that throughout South Africa, Catholic homes are increasingly being established for pregnant women in troubled circumstances.

For Catholic parents the question is an enduring concern: will the children continue practising the faith beyond their day of