Liberalism is not good for SA
Since the bankruptcy of state socialism, liberalism and social democracy — respectively the products of the bourgeois emancipation movements and...
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Pope: Church is essential for faith
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are not made in a laboratory, but in a community...
Three cheers for the Southern Cross
From Gilbert MacDonald, Cape Town I simply love reading The Southern Cross and always look for some letter or article...
A fresh look at a valuable gift
Catholic social teaching is the Church’s best kept secret. But because it directly addresses the world’s most pressing social justice and...
Why we must suffer the little children
BY ANTHONY GATHAMBIRI One day, in a certain outstation where I come from, a visiting priest was giving a homily....
Lead in the marathon, not the sprint
There are some phrases in the English language which we use as throwaway lines and forget how incisive they are. I...
Think big! An open letter to our youth
This month’s mustard seed is addressed to South Africa’s youth. I invite all the readers of The Southern Cross to...
Mass Readings – June 22-29, 2014
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday, June 22, Corpus Christi Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16, Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20,...
Movie Reviews – How to Train your Dragon 2/ 22 Jump Street/ Maleficent
How to Train Your Dragon 2 By John P. McCarthy, Catholic News Service Making excellent use of 3-D technology, the...
