Cartoon of the Week: Tree Decorations
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We...
December 2018
This Week’s Issue: 19 December – 25 December
BUMPER CHRISTMAS ISSUE » What do bishops do at Christmas? » Round-up of the Year 2018 » Biography of a...
Victoria Reaches for Dreams with Faith
Victoria Giuricich, 20, wants to follow the path of her hero, Madeline Stuart, an Australian model with Down syndrome who has appeared on the catwalks of the London, New York and Paris fashion weeks.
True Christmas Celebrates Jesus: Tender and Humble
With Christmas just over a week away, visitors came to St. Peter’s Square with their Baby Jesus figurines for a...
Australian Missionaries to come to SA in 2019
Missionaries aged 17-30 years from NET Australia will minister in Cape Town with the specific aim of supporting the archdiocese’s youth ministries—and perhaps establish a South African chapter of NET.
Our Priests in Rome!
A group of Southern African priests studying in Rome made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Padre Pio at San...
Pope: Consolation Comes Even in Martyrdom
God sends his consolation to those in need of reassurance, even when they are facing death, Pope Francis said. Just...
Pope Celebrates His Birthday at a Vatican Paediatric Clinic
If the Holy Family lived in Rome and the baby Jesus had a cold or flu, Mary and Joseph certainly...
A Pop Classic Was Born in a Church
A great pop classic of the 1950s was recorded in the basement of a Catholic church, as GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER explains....
