2011

Year-end Review 2011

It was the year in which Pope Benedict presided over World Youth Day in Madrid, the beatification of Bl John Paul II, and the launch of the...

A place to discuss diversity

From Rosemary Gravenor, Durban When talking to an eminently faithful Catholic recently, I discovered she subscribes to The Southern Cross but has no access to a computer....

Our prayers for 2012

The resolution of the climate change conference in Durban will have satisfied few who have at heart the welfare of the planet and its people. The governments...

The change that changes everything

‘I  take you, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, until death do us part…” This may sound familiar to you, or maybe not....

Evangelism is paramount

From Frank Bompas, Johannesburg Damian Mcleish has written letters to The Southern Cross recently complaining about the “seamless garment” position taken by US bishops on Catholic moral...

The season of good will?

For some people, the jingling of bells that announces the Christmas season does not signal a time to be jolly. Cape Town pharmacist GARY BLACK tells God,...