Michael Shackleton – Page 20 – The Southern Cross

The Roots of Original Sin

We were taught that Adam and Eve’s sin in the Garden of Eden was the Original Sin which has tainted […]

The Ascension of Our Lord into heaven I accept as a mystery of the faith. I struggle to understand why

Some of my friends believe that Jesus performed miracles, because the Bible says so, but they find it hard to

[Updated 2026] Question: I was surprised recently when a friend, an agnostic, claimed that the bishop’s crozier is actually an

Pilgrimages to certain holy places seem to have a long history among Christians. What prompted people in the first place

Why do many believing Christians so often shrug and say things like: If there really is a heaven… Is faith

In his column headed “Who am I to judge?”, Fr Ron Rolheiser wrote that God and Jesus judge no one,

In his encyclical Laudato Si’ Pope Francis presents global warming and modern technologies as having moral implications, which are therefore

The Internet contains much anti-Catholic propaganda and downright lies about the teachings of the Church. There is still an abundance