Christian Living / Church / Erin Carelse / Ethics & Human Dignity / Religious Life
by Erin Carelse · Published October 12, 2019 · Last modified October 10, 2019
By Sheila Pires & Erin Carelse – A group of Southern African nuns from different congregations has released a graphic mandala — a circular spiritual design — in response to the recent violence, disrespect for...
Bishops / Church / Ethics & Human Dignity
by Admin · Published September 24, 2019 · Last modified September 19, 2019
The archbishop of Johannesburg has compared the rhetoric and actions against foreign nationals in Gauteng to “the rising tide of hatred in Nazi Germany”. Archbishop Buti Tlhagale was speaking out following an upsurge in...
Church / Education / Ethics & Human Dignity
by Tamar SC · Published September 17, 2019 · Last modified September 16, 2019
Ursula Collings, principal of Holy Family College in Glenmore, Durban, was photographed at her school with male dancers from Shall We Dance Durban studios and the Flatfoot Dance Company who were part of a...
Many of us are not fond of seeing animals in cages. But when desperate human beings – especially children – who have trekked the gruelling, dangerous journey mainly from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras...
Abuse / Church / Erin Carelse / Ethics & Human Dignity / Parish Life
by Erin Carelse · Published July 18, 2019 · Last modified July 15, 2019
A workshop on healing memories produced tangible results, according to participants. They spoke after attending a Durban archdiocese Justice & Peace (J&P) “Healing of Memories” weekend workshop for some 15 mothers and daughters at Mariannhill’s...
Church / Church Teaching / Ethics & Human Dignity / Fr Pierre Goldie
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published June 4, 2019 · Last modified June 3, 2019
The Catholic Church confidently sees itself as Mother and Teacher of all nations (Mater et Magister, 1961), a pillar and ground of truth. It communicates its social teachings in order to Christianise the conditions...
Christian Living / Ethics & Human Dignity / Human Rights / Magliano
by Tony Magliano · Published June 3, 2019
“The signs of meanness we see around us heighten our fear of ‘the other,’ the unknown, the marginalised, the foreigner,” and thus many migrants seeking a better life end up as recipients of this...
Church / Ethics & Human Dignity
by Erin Carelse · Published May 25, 2019 · Last modified May 21, 2019
An international conference on human trafficking, convened by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, took place in Rome and was an opportunity to focus on practical implementation of the pastoral guidelines on trafficking....
Christian Living / Ethics & Human Dignity / Evil & Persecution / Nthabiseng Maphisa
by Nthabiseng Maphisa · Published May 21, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2019
The old proverb claims that “the pen is mightier than the sword”. This saying has been used time and again and has consequently become tired. Though it is a cliché, my observation of current...
Church / Ethics & Human Dignity / Justice & Peace / Religious Freedom
by asiel · Published October 24, 2018 · Last modified October 23, 2018
Catholic Asia Bibi has been held in solitary confinement in Pakistan since November 2010, when she was sentenced to hang for insulting Muhammad, the founder of Islam. Ashiq Masih, her husband, said that if...
Crisis / Ethics & Human Dignity / War and Refugees
by Jael SC · Published October 22, 2018 · Last modified October 19, 2018
Aid agencies and Catholic officials are sounding the alarm on Yemen’s spiraling humanitarian crisis, calling on the combatants to end the war and make badly need assistance available. Yemen is facing the largest humanitarian...
Ethics & Human Dignity / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published October 15, 2018 · Last modified October 14, 2018
Malcolm Bagley, Cape Town – Pope Francis has changed the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the subject of the death penalty, saying it can never be sanctioned because it “attacks” the inherent dignity...
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