God’s Special Gift to Humans
In 2003 Archbishop DENIS HURLEY OMI wrote the Christmas guest editorial in The Southern Cross. It probably was the last...
Editorials
Emmanuel: His Name is God with us
GUEST EDITORIAL BY FR PATRICK RAKEKETSI CSS –Â O Emmanuel, is the seventh and last , O antiphon. Emmanuel is the...
Why Race Still Matters
When the pioneers of the new, democratic South Africa combined as one national holiday the African and Afrikaner commemorations observed...
The Call to Mercy
On December 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis will open the Holy Door of St Peters’s basilica...
Fight the Real Enemy
The day after the terror attacks in Beirut and Paris, a group of Palestinians stood outside the church of the...
The Trap of Prostitution
When Jesus ministered to and even socialised with prostitutes, he gave his followers a mandate to aid these most widely...
Attacks on Pope Francis
This may be the most startling comment to emerge on last month’s Synod on the Family: “Never in my lifetime...
The Great Denis Hurley
During the dark days of apartheid, a group of bishops met with President PW Botha in a bid to present...
Fruits of a Synod
GUEST EDITORIAL BY FR RUSSELL POLLITT After three weeks of intense work at the Synod of Bishops on the Family,...
