I support zero-tolerance for sexual abuse, says SA bishop
Bishop Sithembele Sipuka recently travelled to Rome to attend the meeting on 'The Protection of Minors in the Church' called by Pope Francis. In this exclusive interview with spotlight.africa he shared how listening to the vi... More »
The ethics of tax justice
On day two of the conference on Tax Justice, Domestic Resource Mobilization and Stemming Illicit Financial Flows in Nairobi, Kenya, the focus turned to ethics. Anthony Egan SJ, reports. More »
Stats show the rich really do get richer while the poor get poorer
A conference on tax justice and poverty held in Nairobi from 12-14 March 2019, repeatedly revealed the connivance of the rich at the disastrous expense of the poor. Ricardo da Silva SJ, was incensed after finding a study into... More »
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Cardinal Newman: a saint?
Pope Francis has attributed a second miracle to the intercession of Cardinal Henry Newman. This means that he can now, officially, be declared a saint of the Church. Nick King, a British Jesuit priest and biblical scholar, who ministered in South Africa for ma... More »
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WATCH — Archbishop of Johannesburg invites Premier of Gauteng to be more compassionate to foreigners
The premier of Gauteng, David Makhura, has once again spoken harsh words of foreign nationals. In his Lent message given exclusively to spotlight.africa, the archbishop of Johannesburg shared his disappointment at these inhumane attitudes, saying that we ought... More »
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I expected more than a ‘what now?’ resolution from the Church’s meeting on sex abuse
The recent meeting that called the presidents of bishops’ conferences to Rome to discuss the shocking scandals of abuse by priests in the Church, left Sarah-Leah Pimentel disappointed and deflated. Like many others, she is tired of hearing that now we are bei... More »
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In business and politics, the ‘common good’ should be our trump card
South African leaders, whether in business, government or even the non-profit sector, offer us little to desire or indeed to aspire to if we consider the mounds of evidence of corruption and criminality revealed on a daily basis across the country's top brass.... More »
Africa
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Tax Justice: more about human dignity and wellbeing than money
Three Jesuit organisations have commissioned research to study correlations between tax and poverty. The final report was presented at a conference taking place in Nairobi Kenya. Ricardo da Silva SJ was at the launch of the report. More »
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Members of Pope’s commission on women deacons speak
Some of the findings of a study on the history of women deacons, as commissioned last year by Pope Francis, were presented at a panel discussion at Fordham University in New York on 15 January 2019. Annemarie Paulin-Campbell shares what she heard, and her own ... More »
