Editorials

A body for the laity

Plans mooted in this issue by Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), to establish...

New friendships

In the space of just over a decade, the definition of friendship has assumed new forms which are a boon...

The Ncube affair

Allegations that Arch-bishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo might have broken his vow of celibacy in an adulterous affair has greatly...

A problem prayer

An unfortunate off-shoot of Pope Benedict’s apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum on the Tridentine rite has been the negative reaction by...

The old Mass now

Pope Benedict’s moto proprio Summorum Pontificum may be seen as a pastoral masterstroke which will solve some thorny problem. But it...

More than words

This week an opinion writer makes the pertinent point that calling out God’s name when God is not being addressed...