Living with an ex-pope
The decision by Pope Benedict XVI to renounce the papacy has been rightly described by many as courageous and wise....
Editorials 2013
A voice to be heard
BY MICHAEL SHACKLETON As a result of the reforms of Vatican II, conferences of bishops were established throughout the Church...
Fruit of the Womb
BY MICHAEL SHACKLETON – Sixteen years ago, the Choice of Termination of Pregnancy Act was passed by the South African...
Logic and fallacy
Guest editorial by MICHAEL SHACKLETON Peter Abelard, the 12th century writer, noted in his work Dialectica that logic is not...
Scorched earth Catholics
Earlier this month The Southern Cross took the difficult decision to suspend the comments facility on its website. The comments...
The Soho Mass effect
The Catechism is clear about what the Church teaches about sexuality: sexual activity is permissible exclusively within marriage between man...
On men and women
An obscure Italian priest recently caused international headlines – and a repudiating response from the Vatican – when he attributed the abuse...
Fixing graft in Church
The new regulations and increased powers of oversight invested in the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See...
