Russell Pollitt

Russell Pollitt is a Jesuit priest working in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is currently the director of the Jesuit Institute South Africa. He writes and comments on South African politics and church affairs. Follow him on Twitter @rpollittsj.

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People hold a rainbow flag and signs during a 2014 gay pride parade in Oslo, Norway. In Zambia, some LGBTQ+ Catholics said a church campaign against homosexuality has made them feel unsafe. (CNS/Terje Bendiksby, NTB Scanpix via Reuters)

Zambian bishops condemn LGBTQ+ community, support ongoing criminalization

Statements about LGBTQ+ people from Archbishop Alick Banda and the Zambian bishops' conference contrast with those from Pope Francis. The archbishop of Lusaka recently ramped up anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment.

South African theologian and anti-apartheid activist Dominican Fr. Albert Nolan, seen here in an undated photo, died Oct. 17 at age 88. (NCR photo/Mev Puleo)

Fr. Albert Nolan, South African theologian and anti-apartheid activist, dies at 88

Appreciation: In the dark years of apartheid in South Africa, Dominican Fr. Albert Nolan offered a message of hope and a prophetic vision. A well-known Catholic anti-apartheid activist and theologian, he died Oct. 17.

Clergymen carry a large cross during a Good Friday procession in Durban, South Africa, April 15. (CNS/Reuters/Rogan Ward)

Southern African Catholics: End clericalism, open ministry to women, be inclusive

Changing the church's leadership style and building more welcoming communities were among the major themes in the synthesis document for the synod on synodality released by the Southern African bishops' conference.

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