Perspectives – Page 242 – The Southern Cross

Here’s a Pope You Wouldn’t Want

A new TV series has at its centre a young American pope. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER took a look at The Young […]

By Mphuthumi Ntabeni / November 18, 2016

The rapid evolution of the Fees Must Fall (#FMF) student movement — right to the brink of a revolution —

By Tony Magliano / November 17, 2016

Tony Magliano, based in the US, takes stock of the realities post-Trump election – For those of us using the Gospel

As urbanisation steadily increases, so too does man’s dislocation from an important source of life’s meaning In the Hunger Games

British scientist Colin Humphreys recently proposed from an ancient Jewish calendar that the Last Supper took place on the Wednesday

Coming from a strong Catholic family, I have become disillusioned. I feel Catholics are more concerned with doctrine than trying

By Tony Magliano / November 4, 2016

Most likely you are reading this shortly before, or shortly after the U.S. presidential election. America’s next leader will have the

The second book of Maccabees 12:42-45 is often quoted in support of the Catholic belief that earthly prayer can contribute

We are in the middle of First Holy Communion season. Although there is no fixed liturgical feast for this, many