2019 – The Southern Cross

This Was Pope Francis’ 2019

By CNS / December 31, 2019

By Cindy Wooden – For Pope Francis, 2019 included his sixth anniversary as pope, his 83rd birthday and his 50th anniversary […]

It was a year in which Church leaders talked tough on abuse, the pope visited our neighbourhood, South Africa was

By Erin Carelse / December 31, 2019

It looks like 2020 will be a generally tough and difficult year with Eskom’s crisis, the ongoing state capture investigations,

By CNS / December 30, 2019

By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 “in peace, peace in

By CNS / December 30, 2019

By Dennis Sadowski – Members of St. Anne Parish in Cow Island, Louisiana, gave their neighbours a Christmas blessing from the

By CNS / December 30, 2019

By Mark Pattison – If experience can’t prove it, data scraping will: Catholic sermons are shorter than their Protestant counterparts.

By Toni Rowland / December 30, 2019

In his latest document, Pope Francis reflected on the Nativity scene. (Photo: Andreas Böhme) December is almost over and we have

It’s that time of the year again. There has been overeating and overshopping. The malls were filled with children and

As the Holy Family once were migrants, so are many of those in our midst this Christmas. DALUXOLO MOLOANTOA