This Week’s Issue: 1 August – 7 August, 2018
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August 2018
Cartoon of the Week: Donkey Woes
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We...
English Monks Brew Ale to Support Abbey
The monks at Mount St Bernard abbey in the English Midlands decided to brew beer to bring in revenue when they realised they could no longer generate sufficient income from a herd of 200 dairy cattle.
After 50 years, It’s Finally Time to Consider the Wisdom of ‘Humanae Vitae’
On July 25, 1968 – in the midst of the “sexual revolution” which aggressively promoted premarital sex, pornography, homosexual activity...
Pope: Help those in Need, Never Waste Food
Leftovers should be eaten later or given to someone in need who will eat them, the pope said, advising people to talk to their relatives who lived through the aftermath of the Second World War and ask what they did with any uneaten food.
Third Generation to Serve in Milnerton Parish
Fr Stan Botha (left) invested Sean Van Craeynest as a new assistant minister of the Eucharist at Our Lady of the Annunciation parish in Milnerton, Cape Town,
Church Backs Migrants Accord, but with Caution
A proposed worldwide agreement on migration has relevance for the positions of the Catholic Church, according to the director of the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office.
No Salvation Without Mary’s Yes?
Lynn Peterson, Cape Town – I agree with Peter Hoar’s letter “Church problem regarding Mary” —if one thinks literally. Our...
US Orchestra to Play at Iconic Regina Mundi
A famous Catholic church will be among the venues for next month’s South African tour of the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra.
