Why did Did God Order Moses and Joshua to be Violent in the OT?
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: Please explain why God ordered Moses and Joshua to be so aggressive that they killed thousands of people and plundered their cities...
Bible / Church / Church Teaching / Violence
by CNS · Published December 30, 2020 · Last modified December 28, 2020
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: Please explain why God ordered Moses and Joshua to be so aggressive that they killed thousands of people and plundered their cities...
Christian Living / Church / Men and the Church / Violence
by Imelda Diouf · Published July 13, 2020 · Last modified July 12, 2020
By Imelda Diouf – The Covid-19 magnifier has certainly presented, in no uncertain terms, the violent facts of South Africa. The gruesome details, the horrifying images, the dates...
Erin Carelse / Peace & Justice / Suffering and Pain / Violence
by Erin Carelse · Published July 4, 2020
The Justice Desk is echoing calls to place issues of gender-based violence and femicide on the agenda 365 days a year. Jessica Dewhurst, the Catholic founder...
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...
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!”...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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.
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