January 2014 – Page 4 – The Southern Cross

Bishop Francis and Women

By Sue Rakoczy / January 15, 2014

It has been nine months plus since Pope Francis was elected. He has made some encouraging statements about women in […]

By admin / January 14, 2014

In an adventure befitting a best-selling spy thriller, Dominican Fr. Marius Zerafa led a quest to recover a stolen Caravaggio

The period of extreme dislocation from the Cape Frontier Wars, the nine wars between the Xhosa people and European settlers

Allow me to share an experience that happened just after the election of Pope Francis. The pope was celebrating a

By admin / January 12, 2014

BY GREGORY SOLIK When the 266th pope and successor of St Peter released his document Evangelii Gaudium (�The Joy of

By admin / January 10, 2014

Liturgical Calendar Year A Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday, January 12, Baptism of the Lord Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7, Psalm 29:1-4,

By admin / January 10, 2014

Don Jon By John Mulderig,�Catholic News Service Wrongheaded values, a surfeit of obscene images and, above all, a contemptuous treatment

By admin / January 9, 2014

By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Baptism isn’t just some formal ritual, it profoundly changes people,

By Letters Editor / January 9, 2014

From Fr Kevin Reynolds, Pretoria Father Bonaventure Hinwood�s letter on the Annunciation being central to Christmas (December 25) certainly brings