June 2011

Towards good business

In his 2009 encyclical Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), Pope Benedict said that businesses cannot be ethically neutral: either they serve the common good in all...

Way out of abusive marriages

From Name withheld Where Colleen Constable’s article “Does an abusive marriage call for divorce?” (June 1) is mistaken  is that abuse is in fact always considered a...

Changing priesthood

The Church will observe World Priest Day on July 1, which comes shortly after the 60th anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of Joseph Ratzinger, now...

Your funny church stories

A  few weeks ago I invited readers of The Southern Cross to send in their stories of amusing incidents in church. I have been overwhelmed with the...