Why we must really know our faith
The German philosopher Immanuel Kant argued that the capacity to make choices about one’s life is central to the development […]
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Ntabeni Perspectives
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The kissing pope
Yesterday the editorial staff of The Southern Cross was debating whether to give coverage to the Vatican’s reaction to the
Your Letters
Use John Paul II to guide us on matters of sex
From Jan Kalinowski, Assagay, KZN Father Ron Rolheiser OMI (God, sex and Leonard Cohen, October 26) gives the impression that
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Editorials 2011
Sex and money
Pope Benedict has reiterated his call for an end to prostitution and its graphic cousin, pornography, saying the practices denigrate
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Celebrating 100 years of the ANC
The announcement that the ANC plans to spend R400 million (and more) on its Centenary celebrations, some of it from
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Your Letters
Whom to call ‘Father’
From Dave Hunter, Magaliessig: I am a bit confused regarding Nicholas King’s Sunday Reflections (October 19). Fr King wrote: “Then
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Other Writers Perspectives
Pakistan: A hell for religious minorities
BY ANTO AKKARA “Pakistan is fast becoming a state that will be habitable only for extremists,” according to the Justice
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High-handed own goals
The Catholic Church of our time has been very fortunate in having popes who were exemplary leaders. Pope John XXIII
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Series
Missal 1: Getting ready for new words at Mass
English-speaking Catholics were surprised three years ago to learn that the English translation of the Roman Missal, in use since
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