Reality on TV
The glut of reality TV shows, internationally and locally, spells an unwelcome shift in viewer discernment. Read more…
Priests on the pedestal
Does the laity expect too much from its priests? Conversely, do some priests expect too little from lay people? Read more…
Debate in the Church
The letters columns of many Catholic publications–even those that are less lively than The Southern Cross’–seem to affirm the notion that consensus on many issues within the Catholic Church is hard to come by. Read more…
The Church’s backwater
Catholics in Southern Africa may be forgiven if they sometimes feel marginalised in the big family of God that is the global Church. It is true that this region has had little share in the many records set during Pope John Paul’s long pontificate. Read more…



