Battle the stigma
Amid all the political and economic turbulence of the last few years in South Africa, the crisis of HIV/Aids seems...
2011
St Alphonsus and the New Translation
St Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorist congregation, was a renowned teacher of prayer. He wrote a short book titled...
Going back to Mother Earth
By Anthony Gathambiri IMC Our Earth is a mother who nourishes us. So we need to be friends with this...
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...
The kissing pope
Yesterday the editorial staff of The Southern Cross was debating whether to give coverage to the Vatican’s reaction to the...
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...
Sex and money
Pope Benedict has reiterated his call for an end to prostitution and its graphic cousin, pornography, saying the practices denigrate...
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...
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...
