Women’s Voice Needed to Fight Clericalism, ‘Macho’ Culture, Cardinal Says
The church needs to further integrate women into ecclesial life to confront the problems of clericalism and an exaggerated sense...
October 2018
Cartoon of the Week: The Leaky Parish
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We...
This Week’s Issue: 17 October – 23 October, 2018
MISSION SUNDAY ISSUE: » Countdown of Top 40 Marian Shrines begins » What’s needed for a good lay spirituality »...
Mass Readings: 21 October – 30 October, 2018
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekday Cycle 2 Sunday, October 21, 29th Sunday of the Year Isaiah 53:10-11, Psalm 33:4-5, 18-20, 22,...
Family ministry activist Buyi Nkosi Inspired Christian Witness
Family ministry activist Buyisile Patronella Nkosi died on September 25 after a long illness. Buyi Nkosi, with her husband...
Relics offer Physical Reminder that Saints were Real People
Pope Francis and many people attending the canonisation Mass in St. Peter’s Square were alive when St Paul VI and...
Legalising Prostitution a Tough Issue
With renewed moves to decriminalise prostitution and the African National Congress at last year’s national conference pledging support for that, the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO) has warned that there are no easy policy solutions.
Cardinal: Watering Down Church Teaching Won’t Attract Young People
The church and its pastors should “courageously propose the Christian ideal corresponding to Catholic moral doctrine and not water it...
Superiors General: No Reason Why Women Shouldn’t Have Vote at Synod
Although bishops should make up the majority of voting members at a Synod of Bishops, the fact that the body...
