December 2014
DRC Missionary Leads the Youth
To an Oblate priest in KwaZulu-Natal it is the spirit of his community that keeps him going. Opening a series...
Pope Francis reviews family synod, announces 2015 synod
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service The October extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family was not the scene of...
Back our treasured Southern Cross
From Fr Barry John Reabow SAC, Queenstown As a parish priest, I feel it is not the time in the...
The fallout from the long postal strike
The long, protracted postal strike has done business in South Africa great harm. It affected especially small and medium-sized enterprises which...
Called to do God’s Will
My articles for The Southern Cross for the greater part of this year have focused on the different visions and...
Papa Francisco: A Dad with his Family
Nowhere can one see the results of the faith the size of a mustard seed better than in Rome. Today...
Mass Readings December 7-14
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekdays Cycle 1 Sunday December 7, Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11, Psalms 85:9-14,...
A Christmas gift for suffering South Sudan
The world’s newest nation is in big trouble. After more than 20 years of civil war between the southern and northern...
