Running for our lives
Last month I took part in an annual half marathon in the beautiful town of Wellington in the Western Cape. Thousands...
June 2013
Careless with words
‘Bad money drives out good.” Even though that saying is 500 years old, it strikes me that it is a...
Mass readings – 9 June – 16 June, 2013
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, June 09, 10th Sunday 1 Kings 17:17-24, Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13,...
The Trinity is a United Community of Three
The Trinity – God in three persons, each distinct from one another – each with distinct roles in our salvation....
I was a stranger and you welcomed me
Thirty-five-years-ago when Annunciation House – a sanctuary and home of hospitality that has served over 100,000 refugees, homeless poor and...
Pope says ‘throwaway culture’ harms environment and human life
By Francis X. Rocca – Pope Francis blamed widespread degradation of the natural environment and disregard for human life on...
Politics and the Church
When the Justice & Peace Department issued a strong statement recently in protest against e-tolling—even calling for resistance to it—the...
Photos of a pilgrimage
See two albums if photos from The Southern Cross‘ pilgrimage in May with Archbishop William Slattery to the Holy Land,...
Movie Reviews – Fast and Furious 6/The Hangover Part 3/Side Effects
Fast & Furious 6 By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — The title-shifting franchise that now gives us...
