September 2014
Cut the wealth gap
Pope Benedict XVI, in his encyclical Caritas in Veritate, says that political action is needed to ensure that wealth is...
Faith healing: More fiction than faith
In my life as a radio presenter, every so often my producer suggests that I do a show that stretches...
Doctrinal war with pope as ‘target’
BY FRANCIS X. ROCCA VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family will not open until October 5,...
Pope: Don’t leave home without the Gospel
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Tuck the Gospel in your pocket and put on your...
I take the Eucharist with gratitude
From Deacon Godfrey Solomon, Cape Town A number of letters have been published in The Southern Cross expressing opposition to...
The Church’s healing gift
In a perceptive column last week, our writer Sarah-Leah Pimentel proposed that Catholics make use of the sacrament of reconciliation...



