A township priest in the struggle
TOWNSHIP GOD: More Than Meets the Eyes, by Paddy Noonan OFM. Write-on Publishing, 2017. 244pp. R195 Reviewed by Mandla Zibi Although it might at first appear so, this is not a book about liberation...
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Retreat Helps Ease Rural Priests’ Isolation
By Selby Makgotho – Priests in rural areas are often isolated from one another, so it is important that they come together from time to time, according to the bishop of Polokwane diocese. Bishop Jeremiah...
Exclusive: Talk on John Bradburne by his friend
On September 5, 1979 the English mystic, poet and lay Franciscan John Bradburne was executed by rogue ZANU guerrillas fighting in the Zimbabwean Independence War. Bradburne had refused to leave the Mutemwa Leprosy Settlement,...
Bishop: Rise Up Against Attacks On Women!
After the spate of brutal attacks on women, including rape and murder, BISHOP VICTOR PHALANA is calling for a change in attitudes, calling on women to rise up and men to change their ways....
The life of a model of Catholic Social Teaching
ANNE HOPE: The Struggle for Freedom, Stephanie Kilroe. Darton, Longman & Todd. 2019. 155pp. Reviewed by Fr Larry Kaufmann CSsR What a joy it is to learn more about the Catholic activist Anne Hope...
Italian Consul Visits Neocat Seminary
Italian consul Emanuele Pollio, visiting the Redemptoris Mater seminary of the Neocatechumenal Way in Rondebosch, Cape Town, said the seminary is important as it gives strength to new evangelisation. The seminary is home to diocesan missionary...
Watch Documentary on Monks on TV!
A documentary on the monastic life in South Africa will be broadcast on SABC 2 on Sunday, July 14 at 11h30. Produced by Patricia Proctor, who also made recent TV documentaries on the saints...
The Cult of Clericalism
By Chris McDonnell – When we come to discuss clericalism, confusion of language can give rise to many problems. Our common sharing, both priests and laity, of baptism is the first calling that unites...
What SA Cleric Told The Pope
Pope Francis prays St Thomas More’s “Prayer for Good Humour” every morning, he told a South African cleric at a private audience in the Vatican. Anglican Father Michael Lapsley, director of the Institute for...
What Your Child’s Sore Tummy May be Telling You
If your child complains of a sore tummy, it might be due to anxiety disorder, a mental problem that can have life-long effects. The good news is that anxiety is treatable. The Southern Cross...
CPLO Response: The Second 2019 State of the Nation Address
President Cyril Ramaphosa last night delivered the State of the Nation Address for the first session of the sixth Parliament of South Africa in the democratic dispensation. Poignantly, he delivered it on the 106th...
New Director for Catholic Hosted France Pilgrimage
Following the sad passing of Bishop Giuseppe Sandri of Witbank, The Southern Cross has appointed popular Johannesburg priest Fr Lawrence Ndlovu (pictured) to lead its pilgrimage to Catholic France in October. Bishop Sandri, who...
