Camino Walker Donations to Aid Disabled
As a Cape Town Catholic reaches the halfway mark in her 150km walk of the Camino Santiago de Compostela, she is asking for sponsorships that will go to a home for the disabled and a seminar
Christian Living
God’s Guiding Hand in Friend’s Death
Southern Cross editor Günther Simmermacher pays tribute to his friend, Holy Land tour guide Rimon Makhlouf – and sees God’s guiding hand in the circumstances.
Care Parcels Delight Retired Priests
Retired priests Fr Ralph de Hahn and Bishop Reginald Cawcutt received care packs from Catholicare at Nazareth House in Cape Town.
Killing Those No Longer ‘Useful’
Two terminally ill persons, Dr Sue Walter, 43, and Dieter Harck, 68, jointly submitted an application at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg in September, calling for the legalisation of euthanasia for consenting patients so that they can end their lives.
Substance Abuse Talk For Women’s Group
The newly-formed Holistic Women’s Group at St Mary Magdalene parish in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, had its first awareness talk on substance and alcohol abuse.
Humanae Vitae is Truly Justified
In 1968 Pope Paul VI issued the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae, now an integral part of Catholic teaching, which prohibited all artificial birth control because of the following principles
Christianity a ‘Yes’ to our Deepest Desires
The core of Christopher West’s message is to show that despite what the culture thinks, Christianity is at its heart a ‘yes’ religion and not a ‘no’ religion
Kids Need Everyone to Fight Online Abuse and Exploitation
With the enormous scale and devastating effects of child exploitation and abuse online, including exposure to pornography, the world must act to protect children at all costs, speakers at a world congress said.
Facts and Faith to Fight Corruption
We explore some practical ways in which we can fight against corruption as individuals and as a community of believers in order to show society that the Christian standard in issues of ethics, morality and conduct is higher than what we normally see in our daily lives.
