Catholic Media Vital For Accurate News, Stories Of Faith, Hope
By Julie Asher – The president of SIGNIS urged the world’s bishops as the “chief storyteller” in their diocese to...
May 2020
Are We Ready to Reopen Churches?
Catholics are longing to be united again in the Mass and to receive the Eucharist. And so the voices for...
From Our Vaults 39 Years Ago: May 24, 1981
Pope John Paul II shot Pope John Paul II required a lengthy operation after being shot by Turkish terrorist Mehmet...
Lessons Learned in Lockdown Limbo
Lockdown forced schools with the means to do so to switch to remote learning. As the local Church marks Catholic...
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale: Lockdown Has Revealed Our Societal Challenges
In a new pastoral letter, the archbishop of Johannesburg said that the strict regime of “stay at home” during the...
Church Shows Creativity Ministering During Pandemics
By Carol Glatz – The Catholic Church’s acceptance of a ban on gathering for public worship and following other painful Covid-19...
Stolen St Mary’s Cathedral Items Recovered
Some of the items stolen from St Mary’s cathedral in Cape Town last month have been recovered after a young...
Cartoon of the Week: No Escape
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We...
Mass Readings: 24 May – 31 May, 2020
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday May 24, Ascension of Our Lord Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 47:2-3,...
