This Week’s Issue: 18 September – 24 September, 2019
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2019
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
A wine merchant lies on his deathbed; surrounded in hushed silence by his sons and daughters, the grandchildren; all gathered...
Cartoon of the Week: The Sung Homily
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We...
Mass Readings: 22 September – 29 September, 2019
Liturgical Calendar Year C – Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday September 22, 25th Sunday of the Year Amos 8:4-7, Psalm...
A township priest in the struggle
TOWNSHIP GOD: More Than Meets the Eyes, by Paddy Noonan OFM. Write-on Publishing, 2017. 244pp. R195 Reviewed by Mandla Zibi...
Cardinal Pell Appeals Abuse Convictions to Australian High Court
Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sexual abuse offences, has lodged an application...
My Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of St Marcellin Champagnat
Mark Potterton, principal of Sacred Heart College Primary School, went on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of St Marcellin Champagnat...
1989 Miraculous Cure at Knock Shrine Confirmed
By Sarah Mac Donald – The Catholic Church in Ireland has confirmed that a woman who was seriously ill with multiple...
Is Marriage a Cultural Concept?
Tony Meehan, Cape Town – Your report “Church reaction to amended polygamy law” details the recognition of the Customary Marriages...
