In Advent, Have Hope for South Africa
This year will probably go down as one of the hardest in our national psyche. Its memory will be dominated...
Catholic Social Teaching
Why We Can’t Close Doors On Criminals
The way that society deals with crime and those who have committed them needs a new vision, a priest says....
Not all Catholics ‘Get’ Social Justice, Experts Say
By Gina Christian – The term “social justice” is on the lips of many pastoral leaders these days. Dioceses, parishes and...
What is Our Heritage?
Our family and our cultural backgrounds have a great influence on the new families we form. Ways of being and...
Catholic Social Teaching’s Message to Government Budgets
US-based Tony Magliano looks at what would happen if governments considered Catholic Social Teachings or even general morality when formulating...
Catholic Social Teachings: The Church Reaching Into the Real World
By Father Pierre Goldie – Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical on mission (1975), contends that the split between the...
The Night I Drove Home Naked
How often to we see God in the beggar? FRANCIS TUSON writes about a time when he was confronted with poverty and...
Catholic Social Teachings Are Not Political Statements
Bishop Barry Knestout – One of my roles as your bishop is teacher. This role is critical to the life...
Rev Martin Luther King Jr: His Wisdom is Still Calling us Higher
When a disciple of Jesus takes his or her baptismal call seriously, that person’s words and actions live on long after he or she leaves this world. An outstanding example of this truth is found in the prophetic discipleship of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
