The Southern Cross Time Capsule- 8 December 1949/ 9 December 1996
Nuns prefer dispersal to Red Rule – 1949 Rather than submit to the Communist Government directive to retire to three convents and live there under...
November 2013
SA Church sometimes slow to help
By Magda Kus, Cape Town When natural disasters or shack fires have struck in the past, I often felt it is a pity that Muslim organisations like...
Hearing the laity
The idea that Pope Francis and the Vatican advocated canvassing the views of the faithful on issues such as same-sex marriage and divorce excited the public to...
Video: Catholic pilgrimage to Ireland
When you think of religious pilgrimage, the Holy Land comes to mind, or perhaps the Vatican. But there’s another pilgrimage destination where ancient ruins emerge from a...
Is there hope for divorced Catholics
As a divorced and happily remarried Catholic, I know I may not receive Communion. I have discussed this with a bishop and several priests and I fully...
The remarkable story of a Xhosa giant
Tiyo Soga’s 19th century hymn, “Lizalis’ Idinga Lakho” (Fulfill Your Promise) has been having a revival through the melodic singing of the singer-songwriter Zahara. In most African...
Philippine typhoon devastation ‘unimaginable’
By Simone Orendain MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — The devastation brought on by Super Typhoon Haiyan is on a scale so big it is “unimaginable,” said Jesuit Father...
Mass Readings November 17-24, 2013
Liturgical Calendar Year C Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, November 17, 33rd Sunday Malachi 3:19-20, Psalm 98:5-9, 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12, Luke 21:5-19 Monday, November 18, Dedication of...
Confession renews grace of baptism, pope says at audience
With baptism, Christians are cleansed of sin, but the sacrament doesnt wash away human weakness nor the obligation to ask forgiveness when they make mistakes, Pope Francis...
The Southern Cross Time Capsule- 5 December 2001/ 7 December 1933
Mass on a submarine – 1933 A unique ceremony took place in the cape Town docks on Sunday morning when His Lordship Bishop Hennemann celebrated Mass...
