Input of Laity Critical for Synod
Fom Mervyn Pollitt, Waterfall, KZN The December 24 issue of The Southern Cross contains an article headed “Bishops get questionnaire...
January 2015
Cardinals from the Peripheries
ACTING EDITOR FR CHRIS CHATTERIS SJ It must have been quite a surprise for Bishop Soane Patita Panini Mafi (just...
Vocations: We are counting on you
BY TYLER TENBARGE Before I ever recall being asked about what I wanted to be when I grew up, my...
The language of silence
The past year was, for me, a melancholic affair. I have a melancholy spirit, so I guess you can say...
God save us from people who mean well
As a St Vincent de Paul volunteer – a Vincentian – I am always burdened by the lingering question of...
Mass Readings January 11-18, 2015
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday January 11, Baptism of the Lord Isaiah 55,1-11, Isaiah 12:2-6, 1...
Pope: A World without mothers would be inhumane
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Mothers are indispensable to society and the church, showing the world...
Let’s look at Church self-insurance
From Guy McGregor and Heinrich Leichner, Cape Town Is the Church making the most out of its resources? Are there...
Francis, the Dalai Lama and Raul Castro
ACTING EDITOR: FR CHRIS CHATTERIS SJ Did the turn towards the world of the Second Vatican Council include a pivot...
