By Cindy Wooden – Catholic bishops and diocesan tribunals are making steady progress in implementing Pope Francis’ reforms to make the annulment process quicker, but it is taking longer to achieve the pope’s goal of making...
About us / Church / This Week's Issue
by Admin · Published March 20, 2020 · Last modified September 20, 2020
With churches closed or extremely limited, many of our loyal readers will not have access to their weekly Southern Cross. And in these times, many more Catholics will seek sound reading about their faith....
Church / Crisis / Faith Life / Holy Spirit
by CNS · Published September 20, 2020 · Last modified September 16, 2020
By Maureen Pratt – As my birthday approached last month, I decided to purchase a few new additions to my indoor garden – a blooming and three smaller, not-yet-blooming orchids. I selected them from a small...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – With no end of conflict and no path toward economic recovery in sight, the Syrian people are losing hope that any sense of peace and normalcy will return, said the...
This month’s reaction to the controversial Clicks advert has shown, once again, the stubborn inability of South Africans to listen to one another. The advert issued by the retail company for a brand of shampoo...
By Michael Kelly – A well-known Irish priest who has been in a dispute with the Vatican for several years over his controversial views has rejected a plan from the Congregation for the Doctrine of...
Fr Wim Lindeque celebrates a “Holy Mass of Creation” at the Christian Brothers Centre in Stellenbosch, as part of sacred time in the “Season of Creation” which intends to link humans with nature and God...
By Carol Glatz – Church services and Mass online cannot compare to or replace the in-person participation of the faithful, the head of the Vatican’s office for divine worship told the world’s bishops. “As soon...
Catechesis / Church / Church Teaching
by CNS · Published September 19, 2020 · Last modified September 16, 2020
Text of creed/ Jews and baptismal sponsors By Father Kenneth Doyle Q: My recollection is that the text of the Mass in English was rewritten about 20 years ago – to be a more accurate...
For homes caring for children, Covid-19 regulations have created not only logistic and financial but also interpersonal challenges. That has been the experience of St Joseph’s Home for chronically ill children in Cape Town. Facial...
Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki warned that the Synodal Path reform project could lead to a “German national church.” “The worst outcome would be if the Synodal Path leads to a schism … with the...
About us / Catholic Media / Church / Our New Magazine / Simmermacher
by Admin · Published September 18, 2020
Next week the final edition of The Southern Cross as a weekly newspaper will appear, in digital format only, as it has been since lockdown began almost six months ago. By then, the newly-launched monthly magazine,...
Climate change is real; its death and destruction is presently upon us, and it is projected to get much worse if far more aggressive national and international efforts to reverse it are not soon enacted...
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday September 20, 25th Sunday of the year Isaiah 55:6-9, Psalms 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18, Philippians 1:20-24, 27, Matthew 20:1-16 Monday September 21, St Matthew Ephesians 4:1-7,...
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