Responding to the budget speech made by finance minister Malusi Gigaba on Wednesday, a Church analyst said that it seems to be a “fairly sincere attempt” to help South Africans escape out of the “fiscal pit” that the administration under Jacob Zuma had dug during his tenure as president.
CPLO Response to Budget Speech 2018 Read Post »
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This Week’s Issue: 21 February – 27 February, 2018 Read Post »
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekday Cycle 2 Sunday, February 25, 2nd Sunday of Lent Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18, Psalms 116:10,
Mass Readings: 25 February – 4 March, 2018 Read Post »
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We have
Cartoon of the Week: The Long Beads Read Post »
Pope Francis has declared February 23 a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Africa, especially for the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.
Pray for Africa Today Read Post »
The Rev. Billy Graham was “a preacher of God’s word not only in his sermons, but also in the very life he lived,” said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Billy Graham Recalled for Deep Faith and his Invitation to All to Know Christ Read Post »
What is more important: a human being or a cow? While this may sound like a silly and irrational question, the sad situation on the ground in much of my Nigerian homeland is that innocent human beings are being slaughtered so that cattle can graze on their land.
Where Cows are Worth More than People Read Post »
Antonio Tonin, East London – It is with some sadness that I read in JH Goossens’ letter that he finds Pope Francis’ exhortation Amoris Laetitia in contradiction of the Church’s teaching.
Our Pope Seeks Mercy, Not Division Read Post »
When a group of young Catholics noticed that many children don’t have shoes to wear to school, they decided to act. The Young Roman Catholic Men’s Union in Port Elizabeth started a project in 2015 to provide poor children with free school shoes…
If the Shoe Fits…Get Funding and Donate It! Read Post »
