June 2013

The persecution of Christians

CHRISTIANOPHOBIA: A Faith Under Attack, by Rupert Shortt. Random House (2013). 298pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher Such is the warped perception of Christianity in the West that...

Retaining our Catholic youth

By R Auret, Thornville,  KwaZulu-Natal ‘Retaining  young Catholics” (January 16) must be one of the best articles written for The Southern Cross. Those who do not appreciate...

The problem of atheism

GUEST EDITORIAL BY MICHAEL SHACKLETON It matters to the Church and its beliefs that there are professed and unprofessed atheists in large numbers in the modern world....

Future Pope Francis in conversation with rabbi

ON HEAVEN AND EARTH: Pope Francis on Faith, Family and the Church in the Twenty-First Century, by Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Abraham Skorka. Image Books (2013). 256pp....