Xhosa chaplain led troops to a dignified death
The following lines from Joseph Addison’s play Cato, A Tragedy are among my favourite: Tis not to mortals to command...
September 2013
Mass Readings – September 22 – 29
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, September 22, 25th Sunday Amos 8:4-7, Psalm 113:1-2, 4-8, 1 Timothy...
Movie reviews – Smurfs 2/ Red 2/ The Conjuring
The Smurfs 2 By Joseph McAleer, Catholic News Service If summer’s speedy passing has you feeling blue, then head to “The...
The Southern Cross Time Capsule – 4 October 1987
4 October 1987 – Pope runs journalists ragged – 1987 Los Angeles – Pope John Paul ran an army of...
Pope says church should face wayward members like a merciful mother
By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis said the church should approach its members...
Youth need gospel framework
By Br Patrick Mrosso, Dundee The youth need to understand that faith is powerful, it is not an abstraction, our...
Cause for SA’s first Saint fast-tracked
Despite a queue of thousands of causes for sainthood, the cause of the servant of God Benedict Daswa is moving...
To be alone with God
Our need and duty to pray to God, and our endeavours to do his will faithfully, have had many expressions...
A place where everything works
This is an allegory about Africania, a country whose citizens are more spiritually advanced than we are. The people are as...
