Lesson from the Virus and Fatima: Be Prepared
Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – Recently a couple of acquaintances, a Brother and Sister, were found to be Covid-19 positive, although fortunately asymptomatic thus far. Faced with...
Church / Conversion / Crisis / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published September 22, 2020 · Last modified September 16, 2020
Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – Recently a couple of acquaintances, a Brother and Sister, were found to be Covid-19 positive, although fortunately asymptomatic thus far. Faced with...
Church / Corruption / Crisis / Letter of the Week / Politics
by Letters Editor · Published September 21, 2020 · Last modified September 16, 2020
Tony Meehan, Cape Town – Your editorial “A nation of impunity” (August 12) tells of South Africans being angry at its nation plagued by a culture of...
Baptism / Church / Church Teaching / Letter of the Week / Vatican
by Letters Editor · Published September 1, 2020 · Last modified August 31, 2020
By Tony Meehan, Cape Town – It seems that the Vatican continues to find another stick with which to beat its faithful, as shown in your report...
Barend Titus, Kimberley – Peace to all fellow believers from our Lord Jesus Christ. You are hereby invited to join in three-day fasting and prayer from Saturday,...
By Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – It’s not often that the Lord “tips his hand” and allows us to see things from his perspective and what he...
About us / Bishops / Centenary Year / History of The Southern Cross / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published July 30, 2020 · Last modified July 28, 2020
It is a very sad moment in the history of the Catholic Church of South Africa to learn that our beloved weekly as we knew it will...
Christian Living / Church / Holiness and Sanctification / Letter of the Week / Mary / Our Lady
by Letters Editor · Published July 18, 2020 · Last modified July 17, 2020
By Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – In a TV cop show I watched the other day, as they were about to introduce a new character they...
Church / Crisis / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published July 11, 2020 · Last modified July 10, 2020
By Dennis Jackson, Johannesburg – It is so sad! The arrival of the pandemic exposed a number of social challenges in our country. We have seen during this...
Church / Letter of the Week / Preaching / Priests
by Letters Editor · Published May 11, 2020 · Last modified May 10, 2020
Derrick Kourie, Pretoria – I respond to Fr Chris Chatteris’ article “How not to crash the homily” Perhaps part of the problem is that over the years,...
by Letters Editor · Published March 26, 2020 · Last modified March 25, 2020
Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – The local and global responses to the coronavirus are interesting; here we have an invisible but real threat seen by its effects....
Church / Crisis / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published March 25, 2020 · Last modified March 24, 2020
Earl Smiles, Klerksdorp – At a Lenten lecture in the cathedral in Klerksdorp, Fr Don Bohé OMI repeated a much-loved phrase of his: “Mass is non-negotiable.” Because...
Bible / Christian Living / Church / Faith Life / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published February 13, 2020 · Last modified February 12, 2020
Heather Withers, Johannesburg – To the highly commendable Ten New Year’s resolutions suggested by Erin Carelse, I would like to add another one, if I may: Make...
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