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...
Category: Violence
Addressing GBV Starts at Home
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...
Violence Against Women Needs Attention 365 Days Of Every Year
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...
Bishop Victor Phalana: Speak Out on GBV ‘Pandemic’
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...
‘A Riot Is The Language Of The Unheard’
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!”...
Disrespect Kindles Rape and Murder
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...
Churches Condemn Gauteng Street Violence
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....
God is Calling us to Break Violence’s Stranglehold on our World
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...
Priests and Bishops Attend Family Violence Conference
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...
Nigerian Bishops Link Government Inaction on Violence to Religion
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...
Early Intervention Critical To Save Kids From Gangs
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).
We Salute Church Abuse Survivor
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.
