Mirrors of joy
In May the Southern Cross pilgrims travelling in the Holy Land and Italy with Archbishop William Slattery attracted attention from other visitors to holy shrines when they...
July 2013
Popes shine a light on faith
Why does faith matter? The Catholic Church has always maintained that it’s to purify and enlighten, not to replace, reason. In his last testament, as part of his...
How to be a here-and-now Christian
It all started with the inspiration that was given Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from above, when upon the vote for his election as the new pope reaching...
Movie reviews – The Wolverine/Scary Movie 5/A Place Beyond the Pines/Peeples
The Wolverine By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — Does the idea of a giant suit of samurai armour made out of an indestructible –...
Mass readings – 28 July – 4 August, 2013
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, July 28, 17th Sunday Genesis 18:20-32, Psalm 138:1-3, 6-8, Colossians 2:12-14, Luke 11:1-13 Monday, July 29, St...
Catholicism has fullness of truth
By Dominic Sam, Port Elizabeth Hendrietta Coetzees comments in her letter Catholicism is strange (June 19) refers. Your journey to discovering the fullness of truth has just...
I was in prison…
At this year’s Easter vigil, Pope Francis made an astonishing gesture: he got on his knees to wash and kiss the feet of 12 inmates at Rome’s...
The joy of Mass in my language
Allow me to divert from the theme of human development that this column has been exploring and record my experiences at Mass during the last seven months. This...
Whatever happened to Lazarus’ Bethany?
Why is it that Bethany is never regarded as a holy place, the way Bethlehem and many others are? We hardly read about Bethany, except that it...
Love, sex, celibacy and faith
BY FR OSKAR WERMTER SJ In a letter to The Southern Cross, published on May 22, an atheist raised, at least indirectly, a very challenging question: how...
