Avoid obsession with minor issues
From Frank Bompas, Johannesburg Over the past few weeks The Southern Cross has carried letters from John Lee and some others on the issue of the correct...
From Frank Bompas, Johannesburg Over the past few weeks The Southern Cross has carried letters from John Lee and some others on the issue of the correct...
The systematic rape of women and children has always been a weapon of war, and this remains unchanged. Innumerable accounts from survivors of mass rape exist, even...
Benedict Daswa / Stuart Graham
by admin · Published July 29, 2014 · Last modified September 27, 2017
Soon South Africa could see its very first beatification if the pope decides to beatify the martyr Benedict Daswa. STUART GRAHAM finds out more. Benedict Daswa’s sainthood...
In South Africa, the practicalities of the just wage are currently being severely tested with numerous workers’ strikes, most of which turn violent.
Christian Living / Other Writers
by admin · Published July 27, 2014 · Last modified October 13, 2017
By Fr Ralph De Hahn – Despite the incredible advances in medical science and psychotherapy all humanity suffers under the sentence of death. This suffering is woven into...
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday, July 27, 17th Sunday 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12, Psalm 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-130, Romans 8:28-30, Matthew...
Pictures from our Catholic Communities around Southern Africa
From Chris Busschau, Johannesburg I enjoyed reading the letter by Fr Henry Ratering CMM (June 25) in response to my article of May 28. He has raised...
In a city torn apart by war and natural disaster, a parish is trying to lay the foundations for peace by building a sports ground. Parish priest...
As South Africa’s only Catholic weekly, The Southern Cross enjoys a particular benefit, but one that also presents certain challenges.
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