Laughing Christ a joy for us all
From Heather Withers, Johannesburg What a delight to read your editorial “Mirrors of joy” (July 31) and then to see...
August 2013
Southern Cross Newspaper Time Capsule – August 22-29, 2013
23 February to 1 March 1987 Durban – The Catholic Church will continue caring for South Africa’s oppressed but will...
A Question of Rights
Many South Africans, and Catholics worldwide, have been inspired by the courageous example of the South African-born Redemptorist Father Cyril...
Why we need to know the bible
I have known Bible Sunday to be a day when the Catholic Church celebrates the Bible together with other churches....
Setting faith to music
Fifty years ago this year one of the most remarkable non-classical Catholic albums was recorded: jazz legend Mary Lou Williams’...
Mass readings August 18-25, 2013
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, August 18, 20th Sunday Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10, Psalm 40:2-4, 18, Hebrews...
Negotiating peace before the trains collide
The Israelis and Palestinians are like two trains on the same track heading towards each other, said Maryknoll Father Jack Sullivan....
Prayers to Mary, Patroness of SA
From Ornella Pasqua, Pretoria Are we as Church in South Africa praying enough for our country, its people and its...
A ban on spanking
A proposed law that would ban parents from administering corporal punishment to their children is inevitably controversial. If enacted, South...
