Pope: Desire for Eternal Youth is Delusional
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The passing of time in one’s life is meant to be lived as a God-given grace and not a meaningless pursuit to...
Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine
The Bishops On Our August 2022 Cover
In our August 2022 issue, we celebrate 75 years of the SACBC – we look at the history of the bishops’ conference in southern Africa and read...
Catholic Trivia Quiz
1. Who designed the uniforms of the Swiss Guards? a) Leonardo da Vinci b) Michelangelo c) Raphael 2. Who is the bishop of Port Elizabeth? a) Duncan...
Mahadi Buthelezi – A Catholic Action Woman
Mahadi Buthelezi is involved in many faith-based and social activities, on top of being an entrepreneur and family woman. She spoke to Daluxolo Moloantoa about her life...
How Other Faiths See Us
I hope that most readers of The Southern Cross have by now participated in some way in the synodality process. This is the call from Pope Francis...
African Bishops Lament Inability to Stop People from Leaving
By Ngala Killian Chimtom – In the din of Yaoundé’s traffic, thousands of youths comb various offices, documents in hand, in search of jobs. As frustration sets...
Vatican reports R55 million deficit was significantly less than expected
By Carol Glatz – The Vatican reported that projections of an expected deficit of 33.4 million euros (R560 million) for 2021 ended in a shortfall of just...
Holy Family College Celebrates Woman’s Day
Holy Family College in Durban’s male staff went above and beyond celebrating female staff for Woman’s Day.
New Leader of SECAM Says ‘Greatness is Service’
By Courtney Mares – Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Wa, Ghana, who is to be made a cardinal later this month, has been elected head of the...
12 Dead as Bus Carrying Medjugorje Pilgrims Crashes in Croatia
By Jonathan Luxmoore – Church leaders offered condolences after a bus carrying Polish pilgrims to the Bosnia-Herzegovina shrine of Medjugorje crashed in neighbouring Croatia, killing 12 and...
Cardinal Tomko, Oldest Cardinal, Dies at 98
By Carol Glatz – The oldest member of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, died Aug. 8 in Rome at 98. The late cardinal had been...
Three days of Israeli-Gaza fighting put parish activities on hold
By Judith Sudilovsky – Until Israel launched an attack on a top military commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, there had been relative calm in...
The Feast of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Edith Stein was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Christianity and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp in the gas...
Pope: Are we faithful stewards?
During his Angelus address Aug 7, Pope Francis asked that Christians reflect on the quality of their stewardship of God’s gifts.
