The rape epidemic
The systematic rape of women and children has always been a weapon of war, and this remains unchanged. Innumerable accounts...
Editorials
The Power of the Pen
As South Africa’s only Catholic weekly, The Southern Cross enjoys a particular benefit, but one that also presents certain challenges.
Peacemakers of God
Received wisdom in secular circles tends to hold religion responsible for most wars in history, with some ascribing religious motives...
Freedom from slavery
Human trafficking is big global business, almost as lucrative as the drug trade — and even more revolting. In South...
Convert the gangsters
Pope Francis assumed a great risk to his personal safety when he issued a strong condemnation of organised crime at...
Responding to lies
Speaking to a Spanish newspaper this month, Pope Francis said that he gets a slight case of existential hives when...
Are Catholic schools truly Catholic?
GUEST EDITORIAL KELSAY CORÊA Are there rosary beads dangling from Our Lady’s stone fingers in the school grounds? Are there statues...
The Pope and the Wall
When in January we previewed Pope Francis’ May visit to the Holy Land, we expressed our hope that the Holy...
Value of human life
GUEST EDITORIAL BY MICHAEL SHACKLETON In October, 2010, a South African doctor, Sean Davison, was arrested in New Zealand on...
