Mind-blowing news
Without his resurrection from the dead, Jesus of Nazareth probably would have been a minor footnote in local Jerusalem history, one of many temporary would-be messiahs who...
March 2010
A pricey hotline
A feature of air travel is that it allows you at best to make new friends, or at worst an enemy or two. Occasionally, of course, one...
Reflect, repent, rejoice
Botswana seems to consider itself rather an orphan child in the region of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, and the diocese of Francistown most of all...
How Big are the Earthquakes?
Two earthquakes are shaking the Vatican these days. The first is Pope Benedict’s response—or lack of it—to the sexual abuse scandals in Europe. The second concerns his...
Praise for Southern Cross sellers
From Loz Hayden, Hartebeespoort: Your Parish of the Month feature features parishes that excel at selling of your excellent Catholic publication.
Another Reformation needed?
From Denise Gordon-Brown, Randburg: Has it reached the point that the world needs a second Reformation? The first was caused by the selling of indulgences by the Church....
Why was Jesus killed?
Why was Jesus crucified? The short answer resides in the resentment and fear of the religious establishment of the day, which allowed no theological dissent to its...
Romero still teaches 30 years after his murder
As the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero approaches, South African Catholics tell MICHAIL RASSOOL what influence the Salvadoran prelate has had on the...
Quick comebacks and zingers
I find reading the newspapers depressing these days; not just because of all the bad news in the world, but because those on whom we rely for...
Abortion: We need more than slogans
Thank God for Facebook! A friend has just shared on her Wall that “abortion does not make you unpregnant, but the mother of a dead child”.
