The call to holiness
When the Sunday Times recently began to run its series of reports on priests in this country, who were alleged...
2003
Unity in the Church
The bishops’ latest pastoral letter, dealing with unity within the Southern African Church, is a timely reminder that much still...
Right to protest
Catholics are entitled to feel outrage at the screening on South African television of a programme that slandered the Church....
Guests in South Africa
Behind every story of a political refugee there is a story of desperate trauma. Many have seen their family and...
Church under attack?
It is unfortunate that many Catholics seem to regard the recent revelations of sexual abuse by some priests as an...
150 years Catholic Church in Natal
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NATAL OVER 150 YEARS, by Joy Brain. Published by Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Natal Province....
Hope amid gloom
Many South African Catholics will have been shocked by recent revelations of sexual abuse by priests in this country.
Zimbabwe and the pope
When Pope John Paul welcomes new ambassadors to the Vatican, his addresses are usually marked by diplomatic niceties and general...
Catholic education
This week we publish the third special Southern Cross supplement on Catholic schools and education, the previous two having been...
