Editorials

The media concerns us all. It shapes us and our society. Much of the media we consume has a corrupting...

In the pantheon of contemporary despots, few are matched in callousness by Iraq’s military dictator Saddam Hussein. His eventual exit...

This week, a reader requests that we present the Church’s teaching on homosexuality. The issue is shrouded in much uncertainty...

The glut of reality TV shows, internationally and locally, spells an unwelcome shift in viewer discernment.

Does the laity expect too much from its priests? Conversely, do some priests expect too little from lay people?

The letters columns of many Catholic publications–even those that are less lively than The Southern Cross’–seem to affirm the notion...

Catholics in Southern Africa may be forgiven if they sometimes feel marginalised in the big family of God that is...

Last week we reported that the Church and its personnel are increasingly being targeted by criminals.

The resignation of Bishop Reginald Cawcutt as auxiliary bishop of Cape Town has set a hazardous precedent for the stability...