First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made it possible to advance a new church culture that respected the voice and ...

These five beautiful churches in South Africa are some of the prettiest and most historic attractions in their respective towns and cities. What’s more, they’re free to visit! And, with the ...

Cardinal Napier reflected on participating in protests years ago and being afraid that police might open fire on him and his ...

“The future of the Catholic church passes through Africa,” Ilo said ... a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. “We have all this attention ...

It is not a western prototype that has to be replicated in Africa and the rest of the global south without regard to the social, spiritual and cultural contexts of churches in these regions.

South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier this week said the Catholic Church can lead in helping overcome decades of apartheid and racial divide that continue to dominate life in his country.