Church and the media
While the Church rejoices at the ways in which Pope Francis reveals himself to be a pontiff not of grandeur...
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Jesus is indeed risen
One Friday afternoon before the Jewish feast of Passover almost 2000 years ago there died a leader of a religious...
Our new pope
Open as the conclave of 2013 was, few would have predicted with any measure of confidence that Cardinal Jorge Mario...
The rape of South Africa
It is an indictment of South African society that it should be necessary for citizens to launch campaigns that point...
Electing a new pope
This week we say farewell to Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope since 1294 to have voluntarily relinquished the office...
Living with an ex-pope
The decision by Pope Benedict XVI to renounce the papacy has been rightly described by many as courageous and wise....
Scorched earth Catholics
Earlier this month The Southern Cross took the difficult decision to suspend the comments facility on its website. The comments...
The Soho Mass effect
The Catechism is clear about what the Church teaches about sexuality: sexual activity is permissible exclusively within marriage between man...
On men and women
An obscure Italian priest recently caused international headlines – and a repudiating response from the Vatican – when he attributed the abuse...
