Suspended Priest Excommunicated For Still Saying Mass, Teaching Against Pope
A suspended priest in the Diocese of Sacramento has been automatically excommunicated because he continued to celebrate Mass despite being instructed not to do so...
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Read The Southern Cross FREE during the Crisis
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...
Salesian Youth Projects Feel the Effects of Covid-19 on Vulnerable Learners
The Salesian Institute Youth Projects (SIYP), an NGO working with youth from at-risk communities in Cape Town in the field of education and skills training,...
From Our Vaults 31 Years Ago: August 13, 1989
Unjust elections in a climate of hope In a pastoral letter, the bishops of Southern Africa say that despite “deep tensions”, the September 6 election—which...
Pope: Pandemic Has Revealed How Often Human Dignity Is Ignored
By Cindy Wooden – The coronavirus pandemic has shed light on other, “more widespread social diseases,” particularly attacks on the God-given human dignity of every person,...
Radio Veritas Host Promotes his Musical Passion
By Daluxolo Moloantoa – One of the things that is impacted by the Covid-19 crisis is social activities: classes, groups and gatherings. The Internet has already...
Is Seeing Believing? How The Church Faces Claims Of Marian Apparitions
By Carol Glatz – The Catholic Church has always been very cautious when it comes to judging reported Marian apparitions. More than 1,500 visions of Mary...
Bishop Phalana Warns: Lockdown is Addictive
Lockdown “is addictive”, a bishop has warned as he called for the judicious opening of churches for Masses, in compliance with government regulations. Churches and...
Looting SA: The Great Betrayal
The South African Constitution has been touted as one of the best in the world. Constitutional rights are frequently expressed during community and sector protests,...
Sr Andrea van Hal OP, Rest in Peace
Dominican Sister Andrea van Hal died on July 16 at Emmaus convent, East London. She was 92. The Sisters had been notified after supper that...
Archbishop Abel Gabuza: The Glass is Half-Full!
The Covid-19 pandemic is a dark cloud in our lives. A global crisis of immense proportions has been created by the pandemic. We have been...
Pope Baptises Twins After Successful Surgery To Separate Them
By Cindy Wooden – Their heads encased in white bandages covering the wounds where they had been conjoined, 2-year-old twins named Ervina and Prefina were...
The Southern Cross: Farewell and Look to the Future
The Southern Cross’ retrenched staff came together one last time for a sad farewell — and some to chart the way for the publication’s future,...
75 Years of Nuclear Weapons Madness
By Tony Magliano – Wars have always caused needless suffering, destruction and death. But 75 years ago, the hell of war reached a new all time...
