Church – Page 1059 – The Southern Cross

What does the world REALLY know about you?

I regularly read the excellent online �newspaper� Daily Maverick. Many of the articles are thought provoking, and although I disagree […]

By admin / April 25, 2012

Excerpt from our front-page story by CLAIRE MATHIESON this week: President Jacob Zuma should use a presidential prerogative to send

By Anthony Egan / April 22, 2012

Many centuries ago, a pope who was trying to build St Peter’s basilica in Rome started selling indulgences – literally

By admin / April 8, 2012

If you walk from the City across the Ponte Sant’ Angelo, past the Angel’s Castle, you will come upon the

In last month’s column we discussed the struggle between Christianity and two ideologies: communism and capitalism. This month, concluding the

By Sue Rakoczy / February 22, 2012

I was disturbed to read that at the recent consistory Pope Benedict had addressed the new cardinals as “Lord Cardinals”.

By Letters Editor / January 19, 2012

From Bernard Straughan, Cape Town – Michael Shackleton’s Open Door column on the subject of limbo (December 14) refers. While

By Sydney Duval / January 8, 2012

BY SYDNEY DUVAL I remember St John Vianney Seminary, which I attended for some time half a century ago, for

By Sue Rakoczy / December 9, 2011

Two Sundays have passed in which the new translation has been used. Here are two initial observations. In the prayer