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Having spent some time at the Scalabrinian-run Bienvenu Women’s Shelter in Johannesburg, Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya reflects on how women are still largely invisible in conversations around migration and xenophobia. He shines a light on some of the challenges and ... More »
This year’s Miss South Africa crown went to Zozibini Tunzi. Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya comments that Tunzi’s short-cropped natural hair defies Western perceptions of beauty. This leads him into reflecting on how Christianity’s Eurocentric roots shaped perceptions ... More »
On Saturday, 10 August, the Archdiocese of Cape Town celebrated the ordination of two men to the priesthood and another to the diaconate at the Church of Our Lady Help of Christians in Lansdowne. Archbishop Stephen Brislin conferred the Sacrament of Holy Order... More »
The Southern African Catholic Bishop's Conference began their bi-annual plenary session on Wednesday in Mariannhill, Kwazulu-Natal. In his first opening address as president of the conference, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka raised concerns about South Africa's socio... More »
South Africans celebrated Mandela Day on 18 July, giving back 67 minutes in service of others. Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya assesses the vast sums raised for political and cultural activities. He suggests they be repurposed to serve society’s most vulnerable. More »
The Vatican-issued document ‘Male and female he created them’ is a call for dialogue and not a definitive and unquestionable statement, reminds Luís Corréa Lima, Jesuit priest, theologian and pastor to the LGBT community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More »
The Church in South Africa can learn from the experiences of sister Churches around the world. One such learning is in the outreach she is prepared to offer from within her own walls to help her addicted faithful kick the habit asserts Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya. More »
Recalling the flames that recently devoured a section of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Shrikant Peters reflects on the universality of the Catholic faith that transcends all national boundaries and cultures, and reveals itself in ordinary, everyday situations... More »
The forthcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon could have significant implications for the Church. On the agenda is the discussion of the possibility for married clergy in the Catholic Church as Annemarie Paulin-Campell discovered. More »
With one of the most important religious events imminent, Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya looks at one anomaly surrounding that which should be a universally embraced event by like-minded people. More »
Pope Francis has named two new bishops for Southern Africa. Ricardo da Silva SJ writes. More »
88 years ago Pope Pius XI issued an economic critique. Élio Gasda SJ, a Brazilian moral theologian, shows that in the Catholic view, the economy should not be devoted to the enrichment of a few but to the principles of social justice and solidarity. More »
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