Chris Moerdyk

My father was a wise man, as legions of matric pupils at Pretoria Boys’ High School will attest. I remember with gratitude two specific pearls of wisdom...

This is one of the nicest e-mails of its kind I have ever received. It starts off with the introduction: “I dreamt that I went to heaven...

I have two stories to tell you today. They come from a Southern Cross reader who is as good at lifting things off the Internet as I...

Every now and then the editor generously allows me to give my mind a rest from trying to dream up something to write about and to head...

The more I look back on life, the more I am convinced that man’s inhumanity to man is born of sibling rivalry.

A few weeks ago I was privileged to attend a breakfast function at St Peter and St Paul’s church in George, in the very heart of the...

One of the greatest challenges facing our bishops right now, and one that will become more problematic in the future, is the shortage of parish priests. This...

A  few weeks ago I invited readers of The Southern Cross to send in their stories of amusing incidents in church. I have been overwhelmed with the...

This being the annual Southern Cross education issue, I feel it appropriate to offer some food for thought to young parents with children starting school.

I have noted with considerable interest, and more than just a modicum of dismay, that the Catholic hierarchy in the England and Wales has decided to re-introduce...