By Sheila Pires, SACBC – The members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) say political parties in South Africa should “work together for the good...
From July 10-12, the Dominican family in Southern Africa gathered at Emaphethelweni Dominican Community in Pietermaritzburg for a two-day blended symposium, on the theme “Faith and Politics”....
By Carol Glatz, CNS – A nation’s welfare and social service systems are a reminder that everything is connected, and everyone is interdependent on each other, especially...
The bishops of Southern Africa have condemned “the greed and the indifference displayed by the business and political elite in our country” which has caused “high levels...
By Simon Caldwell – Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster congratulated the United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, and urged her to immediately halt the country’s declining...
By Cindy Wooden – For politics to be “the highest form of charity,” as Catholic social teaching promotes, it must be exercised with full respect and even...
Politics / Question & Answer / Simmermacher / War and Refugees
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 29, 2021 · Last modified December 28, 2021
Question: On several occasions, I’ve heard people claiming that almost every war is about religion. I can’t believe that is true, but is religion really the most...
On September 12, 1977, Bantu Stephen Biko was assassinated by the apartheid government of Prime Minister BJ Vorster — and, by implication, all who elected him into...
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet reshuffle was underwhelming — and intentionally so, according to a Church political analyst. “As usual, there was a lot of heated speculation in...
Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, called “garbage,” “poison,” full of “hatred” and “cynicism” a letter that the Vatican Secretary of State sent to a Venezuelan business...
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