Voting is a Catholic responsibility
From Angela Pitsi, Pretoria This year, perhaps more than any other election year in our democratic era, voters will find...
Your Letters
Bishop’s visit should focus on Africa
From Athaly Jenkins, East London Some readers requesting “Prayer for Africa” leaflets have been reminded of the many years when...
Pray for peace in one-state Palestine
From Ken Hanna, Johannesburg I read with great interest of Pope Francis’ pending visit to Bethlehem in occupied Palestine, as...
House of cards without Constitution
From Tony Sturges, Johannesburg A society without an ontological moral watchdog effectively polices itself — it justifies its own actions...
The deep roots of sexual abuse
From Margaret Mollet, Piketberg, WC Archbishop William Slattery is to be commended for his exemplary handling of the alleged abuse...
Give the divorced a second chance
Father Kevin Reynolds’ article (February 26) about God giving us a second chance is refreshingly honest. His paragraph about moral...
Laity must help pick bishops
From Dr L Mzimba, Port Elizabeth I have to wonder how the fine words in Lumen Apostolicam Actuositatem correspond to...
Catholics need true, saving faith
From John Lee, Johannesburg I applaud the editorial in The Southern Cross of February 26 asking whether we are evangelising...
Younger Catholics Lost to the Faith
 RG Pitchford, Middelburg – We constantly read in your informative Southern Cross, both in letters and articles, of the aims and...
