Desegregation began quietly, almost stealthily, in South Africa's white Roman Catholic schools. Last March, after the nation's bishops endorsed integration "in principle," a dozen blacks, Asians and mixed-race coloreds enrolled in three schools. The national government, which enforces strict racial segregation in all state schools, warned that the church's move was "contrary to established policy"but it took no action to stop it. Nor did white parents protest.
In November, still quietly, the church admitted about 50 more non-white students. "At this stage, publicity is our worst enemy," said Archbishop Dennis Healey of Durban....
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