![Every election is a contest, and every contest has winners and losers. With last month’s Zimbabwean election, though, it is not easy to say who the winners were. Mike Pothier, Programme Director at the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO) in Cape Town, offers his assessment of the election. He visited polling stations in the vicinity of Gokwe, in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe, as an IMBISA elections observer. The Politicians Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ZANU-PF party officially won the election, and did […]](https://i2.wp.com/spotlight.africa/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/41926433190_b4f6937739_k-e1534170040591.jpg?resize=1400%2C877&ssl=1)
A Cry to the Beloved Country: Meeting the Challenge of Land
The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has issued a statement on the challenge of land in South Africa signed by the President of the Conference, Archbishop Stephen Brislin. The bishops say that the land co... More »
Women Deacons: An invitation to listen to the Holy Spirit?
The issue of women in ordained ministry in the Catholic Church is one which evokes very strong feelings among Catholics but also beyond the Church. The official position of the Roman Catholic Church is that women can never be... More »
I wish we did not celebrate Women’s Day
The celebration of Women’s Day hides a deeper perpetual wrong that is committed against half the population. Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya suggests that a change in the name of the holiday could achieve more for women than the celeb... More »
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The Church should help heal Zimbabwe
In the aftermath of Zimbabwe’s elections, in which six persons died, a leading educationist, Jesuit Fr Joe Arimoso says to Vatican News that it is now left to the Church to pick up the pieces. After the “soft coup” which saw the stepping down of Zimbabwe’s for... More »
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Zimbabwe: No big changes are expected from the elections, and the economy is on the verge of collapsing
Longtime missionary and one-time prisoner, Jesuit Father Brian MacGarry, shares his feelings in an interview about the upcoming Zimbabwean election. Agenzia Fides reports. Harare – “The generals have everything under control. The candidates that belong to the ... More »
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Cardinal calls for processes to hold Bishops accountable
Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston and President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, has issued the following statement on 24 July 2018 about the need for the Church to urgently create strong and comprehensive policies to ad... More »
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REVIEW Pope Francis: Life & Revolution – A Biography of Jorge Bergoglio
Pope Francis: Life and Revolution – A Biography of Jorge Bergoglio (foreword by Sean Patrick O’Malley O.F.M. Cap). Loyola Press, Elisabette Piqué. ISBN-10: 0829442170. 313 pages. I usually get put off quickly by hagiography – books of admiration. Elisabetta Pi... More »
