Our feature article this week provides directions for spotting tell-tale signs of abuse of children.

Readers of The Southern Cross who avail themselves of the weekend newspapers published by the Independent Newspapers group will have

Last week we reported that the US Church and the Vatican may be on collision course over how to deal

This week we report that 100 young people from South Africa and Botswana will form the official delegation of the

Ever since Pope John Paul began to show signs of what is commonly believed to be Parkinson’s disease, much speculation

In the annals of the on-going Middle East conflict, the recent occupation and siege of Bethlehem’s church of the Nativity

The Catholic Church is big news these days, even in South Africa–alas, for all the wrong reasons.

Mention the idea of Natural Family Plann-ing (NFP) to acquaintances of a more secular worldview, and one is likely to

Although the disgrace of some priests sexually abusing minors has itself not touched the Southern African Church at least publicly