August 2005 – The Southern Cross

Starting to talk

By Editor / August 31, 2005

Social communications is the term the Catholic Church uses to describe its means of speaking to the faithful and the […]

By Editor / August 24, 2005

In the dark days of apartheid, the Catholic bishops shone a light of hope in the fight against institutionalised racism.

By Editor / August 17, 2005

A series in this newspaper on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land has raised the hackles of some readers who

In bygone eras, pilgrims to the Holy Land would arrive at the bustling, colourful port of Jaffa (at least if

When the author Mark Twain made his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1869, he found Nazareth “wonderfully interesting because

The advent of Jesus’ public ministry arguably was his baptism by his relative John, the itinerant preacher of a new

Tabgha, at the foot of the Mount of Beatitudes, is one of those sites that reminds us that Jesus� concerns

A Holy Land pilgrimage is a transforming experience. This is not necessarily evident externally, but few pilgrims come home without

One makes many new friends on a pilgrimage. As one shares a profound spiritual journey with others, one becomes close