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A man for all seasons
It is a mark of the pervasive nature of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate that the nature of his successor should have attracted unprecedented media interest. Read more…
A disposable life
The death by starvation of Terri Schiavo in a Florida hospital on March 31 is an indictment of a society which has rescinded its obligation to treat human life with dignity. Read more…
News from home made me think
It is always good to hear news from home, especially from the many readers of The Southern Cross.
The departments and committees of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference keep me up-to-date about the development of the Church in our region. Read more…
Da Vinci Code: A liberty with facts?
The book The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown has become a cultural phenomenon that may yet come to help define the present decade. Read more…
Lesson in comeback of Christian literature
The Harry Potter genre of literature that has been topping the bestseller lists all over the world for a number of years now has been ousted from its seemingly unassailable number one position by books, believe it or not, about Christianity.
This little snippet of news from a leading British publishing house suggested that this sudden and increased interest in Christianity has not all been attributed to the record sales of Dan Brown’s controversial Da Vinci Code. Read more…
Hurley remembers Vatican II
VATICAN II: Keeping The Dream Alive, by Denis Hurley OMI. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg. 2004. 300pp.
By Günther Simmermacher
