Pope: People Must Confront their Evil Desires
God handed down his commandments not for people to hypocritically follow the letter of the law with a proud and righteous heart, but for people to recognise the truth of their weaknesses…
November 2018
See the Divine Light in Others
Guest editorial by Fr Stefan Hippler Every year on World Aids Day, December 1, we are reminded of the plight...
Feast of Christ the King Reflection
Paradox and contradiction confound us, unsettle us … set of teeth on edge. We want to be on the leader...
Cycling ’Round Heaven All Day…
Fr Sean Collins CSsr, Howick, KZN – The report on the Legion of Mary starting its first South African praesidium 85 years...
Christ the King!
As we approach the end of the liturgical year, it’s appropriate that the church designates the last Sunday as the Solemnity of Christ the King; for it calls to mind the last day of history, when Christ the King of the universe will come in all his glory to judge the living and the dead.
St Benedict’s College Opens Innovative Media Centre
Saint Benedict’s College in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, has a new media centre, offering “not just books on shelves but a space...
SA Catholic Giant Paddy Kearney Dies
Paddy Kearney, the biographer of Archbishop Denis Hurley and former director of the Diakonia Council of Churches, died suddenly of heart attack in the afternoon of November 23. He was 76.
Cartoon of the Week: Thurible Censure
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We...
This Week’s Issue: 21 November – 27 November, 2018
» Much too smile about: Nun on turning 100 » Pope’s plan to ‘fix’ Roman curia » After eight years,...
