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...
2014
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...
The Power of the Pen
As South Africa’s only Catholic weekly, The Southern Cross enjoys a particular benefit, but one that also presents certain challenges.
Leading by Facebook, Yes we can
Hi, my name is Sarah-Leah and I am addicted to Facebook. If there was a support group for chronic social...
A Christian movement that fizzled out
When I got to Durban in the mid-1990s, I became passionately convinced about the need to promote true and authentic...
