Bishops / Church / Crisis / Suffering and Pain / Violence
by asiel · Published June 21, 2020 · Last modified June 19, 2020
Violence against women and children in South Africa is a “pandemic” which the government has to do more to fight, according to the Justice & Peace Commission (J&P) of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’...
Christian Living / Crisis / Ethics & Human Dignity / Magliano / Peace & Justice / Violence
by Tony Magliano · Published June 7, 2020
Last year I was knocked to the ground and pinned down by an assailant who held his hand over my mouth. I cried out, “I can’t breathe!” About 30 long seconds later he finally...
Church / Human Rights / Letter of the Week / Violence
by Letters Editor · Published September 26, 2019 · Last modified September 19, 2019
Antoinette Padua, Cape Town – We women are angry. I can hear the men laughing already. Who would not wish to stand up to say or do something to express the horror of what...
Crisis / Erin Carelse / News / Violence
by Erin Carelse · Published September 18, 2019 · Last modified September 16, 2019
The violent acts, and burning and looting of business premises, mostly owned by migrants, in city centres and townships in Gauteng, have left the country in shock. “The ongoing chaos has violated basic human...
Dealing With Life / Death / Global Issues / Magliano / Violence
by Tony Magliano · Published August 12, 2019
The recent tragic mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, killing at least 29 people, point to an ongoing epidemic of mass shootings in the United States. As of Aug. 5,...
Abuse / Church / Family / Violence
by Jael SC · Published December 13, 2018 · Last modified December 10, 2018
Priests and bishops from various dioceses attended a conference on the family and violence in Benoni, Gauteng. The guest speakers, from Canada, were clinical psychologist Dr Christauria Welland and her husband Michael Welland. Bishops...
Nigeria’s Catholic bishops criticised the president’s lack of action against ethnic Fulani herdsmen who attack farmers and linked his inaction to his religion. “It can no longer be regarded as mere coincidence that the...
Church / Nereesha Patel / Violence
by Nereesha Patel · Published April 16, 2018 · Last modified April 13, 2018
The alarming increase in gang-related violence in the Western Cape in the last few months negatively affects children, both as victims and perpetrators of such violence, according to a report by the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO).
Letter of the Week / Violence / Women and the Church
by Letters Editor · Published January 6, 2018 · Last modified December 29, 2017
The sexual violence survivor’s letter titled “Abuse: a survivor’s view” refers. It takes courage for survivors of gender-based violence and Church abuse to speak out, to break their silence. They become official whistleblowers who expose those who have violated the bodily integrity of another; those who disrespect the human dignity of others.
Church / Ethics & Human Dignity / Human Rights / Violence / Women and the Church
by Erin Carelse · Published November 30, 2017 · Last modified November 29, 2017
The Justice & Peace Department of the archdiocese of Cape Town will be hosting an anti-domestic violence workshop on December 9 as part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign.
Church / Justice & Peace / Magliano / Pope Francis / Violence / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published November 16, 2017 · Last modified December 16, 2017
Tony Magliano discusses how Pope Francis has made two major stands – the death penalty and anti-nuke – placing the Church firmly in the seamless pro-life in all forms camp
US-based Tony Magliano looks at gun ownership in his country and the fatal consequences of the absence of gun ownership restrictions
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