It is unusual for The Southern Cross to use this space to take issue with letters to the editor. Today’s […]

Debate around the popularity of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books has intensified since the release of the movie of the

DESCRIBING the rapidly escalating carnage in the Middle East as “absurd” and “pointless” last month, Pope John Paul precisely defined

It is evident that many bishops around the world have been ill equipped to deal with allegations of child molestation

GUEST CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL BY CARDINAL WILFRID NAPIER OFM For us, a people battered as we are by a crime rate

Circumstances are rare when secular and religious commentators find some common ground on an ethical issue. The critical reaction to

Pope John Paul’s call for a day of prayer and fast for peace on December 14 goes beyond archaic piety.

When history ultimately judges his presidency, Thabo Mbeki risks being examined not for his admirable efforts to kickstart an African

The recent banishment of Irish Father Gabriel Maguire from Zimbabwe may or may not have been linked to the priest’s