Perseverance at school
The minister of basic education, Angie Motshekga, had hardly congratulated the matriculation class of 2011 on a National Senior Certificate...
Michael Shackleton
The Mystery of the Church
Like any other newspaper, The Southern Cross gives its readers information and comment about what’s going on in today’s world....
What happened to Limbo?
Ever since the 1940s I have been made to believe that unbaptised babies, who have not attained the power of...
Can Catholics vote for pro-abortion candidates?
Does the Church approve of the proposition that Catholics may, in certain circumstances, vote for pro-abortion politicians, provided they do...
Keeping the faith after scandals
Surely the Church, founded by Christ who is God, should not be showing evidence of clerical abuse of minors, cover-ups...
Fiction and faith converge
THE ISLE OF MONTE CRISTO: Finding the Inner Treasure, by ST Georgiou. Novalis, San Francisco. 2010. 299pp. Reviewed by Michael...
Why pre-marital sex is wrong
Young Catholics have little problem accepting that extra-marital sex is wrong because it is a violation of the permanent covenant...
Truth about lice
With the recent outbreak of head lice in the Western Cape, do we really have to continue with the unhealthy...
Is God leading us into temptation?
The words and lead us not into temptation in the Our Father bother me. It is inconceivable that God would...
