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For the love of God
A SPECIAL focus of The Southern Cross’ fortnightly Youth Centre in 2006 is to promote a culture of volunteerism among the Catholic youth. Read more…
The modern slave trade
NEARLY two centuries after slavery was abolished in South Africa, human bondage lives on, often in nauseating degrees. Read more…
Mary’s family tree
Kindly explain the family tree of the Virgin Mary. I cannot find it in the Bible. Her mother was St Anne. Am I correct? I want to explain this to people who are not Catholics. Read more…
A question of being for life
FIFTY percent. That is the United States of America. Half are Republicans while the rest are Democrats.
The nomination and confirmation of Judge Samuel A Alito Jr to the US Supreme Court showed again that Americans are still separated between pro-life and pro-choice. Read more…
Holy Land at crossroads
THE Holy See has made it clear that it sees the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state within fair borders as an absolute prerequisite for peace between Palestinians and Israel. It has always denounced acts of violence from both sides and advocated equitable and sensible negotiations to bring peace to the Holy Land. Read more…
Let there be love
MANY who over the past quarter of a century had become accustomed to the public image of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the tireless defender (or, depending on your point of view, enforcer) of a strict brand of orthodoxy will be somewhat surprised that in his first encyclical as Pope Benedict he would choose to reflect on the nature of love. Read more…
