Aids crisis is not over
GUEST EDITORIAL BY JOHAN VILJOEN December 1 is World Aids Day, an opportune moment to evaluate the past and assess...
2013
Love the work you do
‘Choose a job you love to do, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” These...
Is the Church ready to hear the truth?
Permit me to take Jesus’ immortal words, “Ask and you shall receive”, and place them in a different context: the...
Two bishops dialogue with Catholic peace activists
During the US Catholic bishops’ general assembly in Baltimore this month, two bishops took time to share a simple supper...
Mass Readings November 24- December 1, 2013
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, November 24, Christ the King 2 Samuel 5:1-3, Psalm 122:1-5, Colossians...
Pope says he goes to confession every two weeks
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis said he goes to confession every two weeks, knowing...
The Southern Cross Time Capsule- 8 December 1949/ 9 December 1996
Nuns prefer dispersal to Red Rule – 1949 Rather than submit to the Communist Government directive to retire...
SA Church sometimes slow to help
By Magda Kus, Cape Town When natural disasters or shack fires have struck in the past, I often felt it...
Hearing the laity
The idea that Pope Francis and the Vatican advocated canvassing the views of the faithful on issues such as same-sex...
