Pope Prays Christmas Softens Hardened Hearts To Bring Peace, Justice
By Cindy Wooden – The light of peace, hope and salvation brought into the world with the birth of Jesus is...
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Saint Stephen: ‘Victim of the Mystery of Wickedness Present in the World’
By Carol Glatz – Despite increased persecution and attacks against Christians, the faithful must strengthen their courage and joyful desire...
Great Things in Small Packages
Have you ever received a really tiny Christmas present and wondered what on earth it could be? Is there actually...
The Feast of St Stephen, First Martyr of the Church
Fr Steve Grunow, Word on Fire Ministries – Today the Church remembers the witness of Saint Stephen, the first of...
From Our Vaults December 26, 1999
Every week for the duration of our 100th year, we dig an old issue of The Southern Cross out of...
A Southern Cross Christmas, 75 years ago
The war-time Christmas edition of The Southern Cross in 1944 was a 12-page affair. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER steps into a time-capsule...
Archbishop William Slattery: Hold on! You are Christmas!
Christmas, the coming of God as an infant, didn’t happen 2000 years ago, but is happening today, as ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM SLATTERY OFM explains....
Fr Ralph de Hahn: From Vienna to Brooklyn NYC
Short Story By Fr Ralph De Hahn Pastor Jim Dunn was appointed to the parish church on 68th Street in...
Christmas Thoughts from 1700 Years Ago
One of the great poets of the ages, St Ephrem of Syria left us with a treasure of profound Christmas...
