Responding to scandal
Over the past decade or so, the Catholic Church worldwide has taken a thorough and not unmerited beating over scandals...
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Lent: time to find hidden treasures
BY ANTHONY GATHAMBIRI IMC –Â Welcome to Lent, brothers and sisters. It is a season of calming down and giving ourselves...
Pope Francis’ first year – how he has inspired us
Pope Francis has inspired millions around the world. CLAIRE MATHIESON talked to South Africans about how they have been inspired...
Why the pope is no marxist
‘So what of it if your pope is called a ‘Marxist’? It might be inaccurate, but both seem to rightly...
Reflecting on Lent and 20 years of democracy
As Christians preparing for Easter, the Lenten season offers us a time to reflect on our own faith — our...
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...
The Church and money
A year ago the cardinals in conclave sent the freshly elected pope into his new mission with a mandate to...
Lenten thoughts through the bible
And so onto our 40-day Lenten season. The process of transformation begins as soon as we will it to begin....
A lesson from visiting a Muslim home
Several days ago, I drove into the Bo Kaap neighbourhood of Cape Town to pick up a foreign exchange student...
