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By Fr Kevin Reynolds, Pretoria The plethora of letters and articles in your newspaper since the introduction of amended English liturgical texts is understandable.
By Fr Kevin Reynolds, Pretoria The plethora of letters and articles in your newspaper since the introduction of amended English liturgical texts is understandable.
IN 1974, President Richard Nixon of the United States was forced to resign office because of the Watergate Scandal. In 1978 the South African prime minister John...
by admin · Published January 28, 2009 · Last modified September 1, 2009
By Joseph Falkiner OP While coordinating a team promoting vocations for ten male religious orders and congregations in KwaZulu-Natal, I heard it said that the Church needs...
by Michael Shackleton · Published January 28, 2009 · Last modified January 19, 2024
In the past Nicene Creed form, we used the words begotten of the Father. In the new form we say born of the Father. The two words...
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published January 28, 2009 · Last modified September 1, 2009
I was very glad to read in The Southern Cross’ Christmas edition that some parishes have decided to make 2009 a year to promote social justice in...
Well, the judges have put their heads together, and I’m delighted to say they have been unanimous in their choice of winners of The Southern Cross Anagram...
26th January was the 50th anniversary of Blessed John XXIII’s announcement that an ecumenical council would be held beginning in 1962. He asked the whole church to...
Fr Chris Chatteris / Perspectives
by Chris Chatteris SJ · Published January 27, 2009 · Last modified March 29, 2011
In many ways South Africa is a laboratory of social change. Most unexpectedly, our little Catholic community has become an experiment in the minor religious department of...
by Chris Moerdyk · Published January 25, 2009 · Last modified September 1, 2009
I find it quite alarming how rapidly the gap between rich and poor is widening. And to make matters worse, it seems that the rich are going...
by admin · Published January 21, 2009 · Last modified September 1, 2009
by Mark Pattison A new American study, to be published in February, shows that exposure to violent media makes adolescents more likely to be violent or aggressive...
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