Right to protest
Catholics are entitled to feel outrage at the screening on South African television of a programme that slandered the Church....
Editorials 2003
Guests in South Africa
Behind every story of a political refugee there is a story of desperate trauma. Many have seen their family and...
Church under attack?
It is unfortunate that many Catholics seem to regard the recent revelations of sexual abuse by some priests as an...
Hope amid gloom
Many South African Catholics will have been shocked by recent revelations of sexual abuse by priests in this country.
Zimbabwe and the pope
When Pope John Paul welcomes new ambassadors to the Vatican, his addresses are usually marked by diplomatic niceties and general...
Catholic education
This week we publish the third special Southern Cross supplement on Catholic schools and education, the previous two having been...
Abuse and celibacy
Almost inevitably, discussions on the sexual abuse crisis in the Church will turn to the question of mandatory celibacy in...
Vocations: Crisis and opportunities
As this week we contemplate the state of vocations to the consecrated life, we find that the recent revelations of...
The Eucharist at the Centre
Pope John Paul’s 14th encyclical, Eccelesia de Eucharastia, can be described as the almost 83-year-old pontiff’s love letter to the...
