Avoid obsession with minor issues
From Frank Bompas, Johannesburg Over the past few weeks The Southern Cross has carried letters from John Lee and some...
July 2014
The rape epidemic
The systematic rape of women and children has always been a weapon of war, and this remains unchanged. Innumerable accounts...
Benedict Daswa: Good news soon?
Soon South Africa could see its very first beatification if the pope decides to beatify the martyr Benedict Daswa. STUART...
It’s Church teaching: Pay workers justly
In South Africa, the practicalities of the just wage are currently being severely tested with numerous workers’ strikes, most of...
Why suffering is salvific
By Fr Ralph De Hahn – Despite the incredible advances in medical science and psychotherapy all humanity suffers under the sentence...
Mass Readings – July 27-August 3, 2014
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday, July 27, 17th Sunday 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12, Psalm...
Liturgy evolves with language
From Chris Busschau, Johannesburg I enjoyed reading the letter by Fr Henry Ratering CMM (June 25) in response to my...
Laying the foundations for peace
In a city torn apart by war and natural disaster, a parish is trying to lay the foundations for peace...
