Why the Rush?
The news that Pope John Paul II will be beatified on 1 May makes me ask “Why the rush for...
January 2011
Cut the bong, ping and bleep
I have been wondering lately whether heaven takes into account the enormous additional stresses human beings have to endure as...
A new political way for SA?
What do people mean when they say they are Christian Democrats, or that they want to create a Christian Democratic...
We must save provinces
BY MANNY DE FREITAS I read with interest your front page story “Rethink on provinces” of The Southern Cross of...
What do you want to achieve in 2011?
BY FR VICTOR PHALANA I still believe in New Year resolutions. What do you really want to do this year?...
Road safety and carnage
From Chris Shelmerdine, Cape Town Your correspondent, Manny de Freitas (December 15), especially since he writes as the shadow deputy...
Being proudly Catholic
Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Edinburgh, Scotland, has complained that in Britain freedom of religious expression “is not upheld in our...
Paris taught me a music lesson
It was well past my 30th birthday when I first came to appreciate the immense power of music in its...
Hyms should help us pray
BY DAVID HOLDCROFT SJ I am never sure why anyone would venture into the minefield of liturgical music, as Fr...
