This Virus Infects Everything
It’s one of those text messages in the night that I dread: “Is it true the Denis Hurley Centre caught fire?” Thanks to WhatsApp, a supporter in...
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Give the Homeless Dignity in Photos
This is how homeless people in Durban were presented in the “Homeless 101” project, a 2019 collaboration between the Denis Hurley Centre and the Daily Maverick. It...
Historical statues: Who’ll be the fall guys?
Your faithful columnist popped over from Durban to Cape Town in April and shared a round of coffee with your (and my) editor, Günther Simmermacher, and...
The Trouble With Holidays
The December holidays are long past, but here we are in May and we have again been in holiday mode. That is because we have had five...
Jesus’ Great Wish
Is it a coincidence that it was at the Last Supper, according to John 17:21, that our Lord prayed, “That they may all be one”? On...
Locked-Down Church: Alone and Together
It is close to one year since our lives were turned upside down by Covid-19. Since last March, during various stages of lockdown, we have repeatedly experienced...
Let There Be Love!
In February, radio stations, shopping malls and advertisers reminded us that it’s the “Month of Love”. Of course, their interests are purely commercial: hoping we will be...
When Faith And Politics Meet
They say that two subjects should always be avoided in polite company: religion and politics. Despite knowing that the readers of this esteemed title are indeed...
Fratelli Tutti inspected: What Women Say
It’s been almost two months since Pope Francis published his encyclical Fratelli Tutti on the feast of the little poor man of Assisi (il poverello). In a...
Sometimes Just Keep it Simple
As we mark the centenary of The Southern Cross, it is tempting not only to look back over 100 years but also to imagine ourselves 100 years...
To Live Well Is To Change Often
In the last few weeks we have all started to get used to changes in our lives: what we are now becoming accustomed to call “the new...
Ten Tips For Good Ethics
South Africa was already a country full of people in need. But now the Covid-19 pandemic, and the related economic lockdown, means that there are even more...
