Enthusiasm and Enthusiasts
Guest Editorial by Michael Shackleton Saint Ambrose, the fourth-century bishop of Milan, coined the phrase “Ubi Petrus ibi Ecclesia”...
Editorials 2019
As We Turn 99 Years Old…
Guest Editorial by Chair of the Board Rosanne Shields As we kick off the celebration of The Southern Cross’s centenary...
The Pitfalls of Mission
Sometimes Pope Francis reveals a surprising blunt side. One such episode was told by the Holy Father himself. Talking to...
The Outlawing of Spanking
The ruling by the Constitutional Court to outlaw all forms of corporal punishment of children by parents has inevitably divided...
You Are a Mission
When he declared October 2019 an Extraordinary Mission Month, Pope Francis invited us to do more than pray for vocations,...
What is Patriarchy?
One keyword in the discussions on gender-based violence is “patriarchy”. In protests against the endemic rape crisis, domestic violence and...
Safety From Men
Once in a while, news reports of rapes and murder of women and girls pile up to create a sense...
The Echoes of 1934
Pope Francis last month sounded a warning from history when he noted that much of the current political rhetoric reminded...
The Bradburne Sainthood Cause
There will be much rejoicing when the archdiocese of Harare officially launches the sainthood cause for John Bradburne on September...
