Live the Resurrection
GUEST EDITORIAL BY RUSSELL POLLITT SJ Have you ever wondered why our churches overflow on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday,...
April 2011
Lenten customs can be bizarre
I have always been enormously intrigued by Lent. As a child I didn’t much like it because I had to...
Which Jesus do we know?
In rural western Kenya, some apparently sane people purport to worship an elderly polygamous man. He has nearly a hundred...
Praying in the Church’s language
BY STEVEN WINGATE This past Lenten season I walked out of confession and said my prayers of penance while the...
Your wedding, that hazardous event
Sometimes I think that weddings are the most hazardous part of parish ministry. I never quite know what new and...
Ethical eating
From Neil Mitchell, Johannesburg It is pleasing to see The Southern Cross raising the question of eating meat “Call to...
Crucified by prejudice
This Good Friday we will not hear the account from Matthew’s gospel of Jesus’ arrest, trial and execution, but that...
Are you ready for kids?
Bringing up children isn’t easy. In fact, one of the most remarkable feats of human nature is to be able...
