Editorials

When a pope who is remembered vividly by millions of people is to be beatified, it is surely a newsworthy...

Prostestants have often contended with some justification, that the average Catholic possesses less knowledge of the contents of the Bible...

Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Edinburgh, Scotland, has complained that in Britain freedom of religious expression “is not upheld in our...

The peace of a large part of Africa is on the knife edge as the people of South Sudan prepare...

Poverty remains the greatest threat to peace in South Africa. The recent food riots in Mozambique, experts warn, could be...

Pope Benedict dominated headlines in the secular and Catholic press in 2010. Some of these were welcome, while others most...

Christians in many predominantly Muslim countries are increasingly under pressure, with daily attacks on their safety and dignity finding expression...

Since Pope Benedict was elected to the papacy in April 2005, he has often perplexed those who had fixed expectations...