Catholics have a very special relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of our Saviour Jesus Christ — a relationship which the Catholic Church encourages and nurtures. Many Protestants, when they don’t misunderstand or reject that relationship, find the Catholic (and Eastern Orthodox) devotion to Mary attractive and spiritually enriching. Some have even made [...]
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Catholics and atheists
This week we devote the entire letters page of responses to an atheist who wrote of his disappointing experience of going to Mass at Easter. No doubt, the sincerity of the correspondent and the respect he showed to those who do believe in salvation have made an impression on many readers. In turn, they hope [...]
Bullying: zero tolerance
A new American documentary titled Bully is currently making international news, bringing to the forefront a social problem that is ever more difficult to address, even as public awareness and efforts by educators increase. The documentary witnesses the realities of bullying – such as a pupil’s terror before he leaves for school which is then [...]
Hear Christ’s call to follow him
The state of vocations to the priesthood in South Africa has yet to reach the point of crisis experienced in Western Europe and, to a lesser extent, North America.
SA’s adult democracy
When we observe Freedom Day on April 27, our democracy turns 18. Like the children born in that auspicious year 1994 – they are known as “Born Frees” – our democracy is becoming an adult. At its birth, democratic South Africa was admired around the world and great hopes were invested in it. Many of [...]
The Christian protests
Over the past few weeks Catholics, and Christians in general, have found cause to stand up against what they perceive to be insults to their faith—with mixed results. First energy drink Red Bull flighted a TV commercial that made light of the story from the gospels of Matthew and Mark of Jesus walking on the water.
Alleluia, Jesus Christ is risen from the dead
GUEST EDITORIAL BY SR ALLISON MUNRO OP ‘And there, coming to meet them was Jesus. ‘Greetings,’ he said. And the women came up to him and falling down before him, clasped his feet. Then Jesus said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers and sisters that they must leave for Galilee; [...]
Worthy of Christ’s love
During Holy Week, in our readings and our prayers and in the Stations of the Cross, we witness the single most powerful expression of love yet: Jesus’ self-sacrifice for the redemption of all humanity.
The new nuncio
Since the departure in December by Archbishop James Green, the former apostolic nuncio to the Southern African region, local Catholics have awaited the announcement of the identity of Archbishop Green’s successor. Finally, we know his identity.
Real religious freedom
Christian hegemony over the centuries may well have clouded perceptions, especially in the West, about the incidence of religious freedom, to a point where attacks on Christians are sometimes ignored or otherwise regarded as insignificant.
Pilgrimage 2013
The Digital Southern Cross
