By Michael Otto Catholic News Service – New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have expressed horror and distress at a terrorist attack in two mosques in Christchurch that saw at least 49 people killed. The shootings took...
Church / Crisis / Education / Erin Carelse / Schools
by Erin Carelse · Published February 27, 2019 · Last modified February 26, 2019
Holy Cross Primary School in District Six, Cape Town, has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from the community and the provincial education department after a devastating fire earlier this month destroyed three...
Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Dealing With Life / Depression &Suicide / Divorce / Erin Carelse
by Erin Carelse · Published January 22, 2019 · Last modified January 21, 2019
A parish in Johannesburg will host another round of Divorce Care and Grief Share programmes, each running for 13 weeks, as of February. These programmes, offered by St John’s parish in North Riding, are...
After reports of multiple deaths in violent protests over steep fuel price hikes in Zimbabwe, Archbishop Robert Ndlovu of Harare called for restraint by the security forces and protesters. “Mature political leadership and a...
Christian Living / Crisis / News
by Kilian SC · Published January 12, 2019 · Last modified January 11, 2019
No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his Jan. 8 nine-minute speech, his first such event televised in prime time from the Oval Office, about what he termed a crisis at the border, than...
Christian Living / Crisis / Magliano / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published January 11, 2019
Blaming huge numbers of violent killings, assaults, sex crimes and drug overdoses on undocumented immigrants, President Donald Trump in his first prime-time speech from the Oval Office said, “This is a humanitarian crisis, a...
Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published January 11, 2019 · Last modified January 6, 2019
Fr Sean Collins CSsR, Howick, KZN – In this new year, I would like to draw attention to the plight of Colombian Sister Cecelia Gloria Navaerez Argoti, a Catholic nun kidnapped by jihadists in Mali...
Leaders of all significant South African churches, including the Catholic Church, have condemned the evident “plundering of public resources”, blatant waste of taxpayers’ money, prevailing corruption, and weakening of public institutions.
Church / Crisis / Letter of the Week / Pope Francis
by Letters Editor · Published October 24, 2018 · Last modified October 23, 2018
Patrick Dacey, Johannesburg – The Church is in crisis. Can we remember when the last pope was called upon to resign by his fellow cardinals and bishops? Yet, Pope Francis has been handed the...
Crisis / Ethics & Human Dignity / War and Refugees
by Jael SC · Published October 22, 2018 · Last modified October 19, 2018
Aid agencies and Catholic officials are sounding the alarm on Yemen’s spiraling humanitarian crisis, calling on the combatants to end the war and make badly need assistance available. Yemen is facing the largest humanitarian...
The Southern Cross editorial of September 12 in favour of a Truth & Reconciliation Commission for repairing the abuse scandal and restoring justice to the Church in the wake of the terrible crisis engulfing the whole Body of Christ, deserves grateful praise.
Church / Crisis / Women and the Church
by Kilian SC · Published October 15, 2018 · Last modified October 12, 2018
In response to current scandals, clericalism and the need for reform, Catholic women must take the initiative and make their voices be heard, according to a series of articles in a Vatican magazine. The...
