Pope in Palermo! Video
Pope prays for young people, their diligence and courage As he often does with a group made up of people of different faiths or no faith, Pope Francis gave young people in Palermo a...
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Teen Organist, Dale de Windt, Plays for God
A teenager from the Cape Flats serves as resident organist of a great cathedral and has dreams of taking his talent into the world. ERIN CARELSE spoke to Dale de Windt. Few cathedrals in the...
Pilgrimage to Ireland in Pictures
In August, a group of Southern Cross pilgrims, led by Bishop Victor Phalana of Klerksdorp, travelled to Ireland, with the itinerary framed around the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady at Knock in the west of the country, and the papal Mass to close the World Meeting of Families in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.
I Have No Answers but Many Questions
The widely reported instances of sexual abuse and sexual misconduct of the clergy — two separate concepts civilly but equally against the canonical requirement of clerical obligatory celibacy in the Latin-rite priesthood — call...
Married after 25 Years of Friendship!
After a friendship lasting a quarter of a century, a Durban couple finally married. Janet and Gerald Breda, both widowed, married at Our Lady Star of the Sea church in Amanzimtoti, 25 years after...
Let’s Hear it For Music!
I like to think that there is a song for every moment in our lives. In times of joy, rings and claps that sound together; in times of sadness, heavy drums and bass guitars...
Grandparents: “Our goal is to get our children and grandchildren to heaven.”
Now more than ever, grandparents have an essential role in their families, particularly when it comes to passing on the faith to future generations. “We had to realize that while society doesn’t value grandparents,...
A Revolution of Tenderness – This Will Save Us
Today, more than ever, the world needs a revolution of tenderness, Pope Francis said. “Far from being reduced to sentimentalism, tenderness is the first step in overcoming the withdrawal into oneself, to emerge from...
Meet Our Miracle Baby!
Luna Carelse became the first “Southern Cross baby” in more than a decade when she was born in late August to our journalist Erin Carelse and her husband Brent. In the past 25 years,...
Archbishop Asks Abuse Victims to Come Forward
Archbishop Stephen Brislin has emphasised that there must be “zero tolerance for the abuse of children by consecrated persons [and] for those who cover up the abuse of children by others”, and invited those who have been abused to come forward.
A Truth Commission Is Needed
Some Church leaders still find it difficult to acknowledge that the greater scandal in the distressing history of clerical abuse is the cover-ups and failure of diligence among bishops, the Vatican and other...
Rocks From Heaven: Vatican brings together World’s Meteorite Curators
Rocks, mineral debris and even dust from space are kept in special collections, museums and laboratories all over the world, and the Vatican Observatory took the first small step to help curators make a...
Legion of Mary Celebrates 85th Anniversary of Founding in SA!
The Legion of Mary, founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1921, and in South Africa in 1933, has celebrated its 85th anniversary in Port Elizabeth, the country’s oldest basic unit or praesidium. The Legion was...
