If there is a topic I try avoid, it is racial animosity or racism. My heart bleeds every time I […]

The Catholic Church is in the news again. That’s not unusual in the United States. In this culture bishops, priests

It is voting time in the United States. Every two years Americans elect members of the House of Representatives to

When days are dark, sisters and brothers are light. This is what I felt when my sister died in May.

The Da Vinci Code movie is likely to attract praise, indifference and condemnations from many diverse quarters. The film, which

The other day I received a copy of a book titled The Catholic Challenge: A Question of Conscience. My eyes—actually,

People have praised or criticised Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, for his theological or moral positions. Conservatives have

It is always good to hear news from home, especially from the many readers of The Southern Cross. The departments

The plight of black people is not limited to South Africa and Zimbabwe. Long after slavery was abolished in the