Letter from Zimbabwe by Fr Peter Chimombe
An end-of-the-world mood in Zaka By Fr Peter Chimombe – The six-week lockdown of Zimbabwe between March 30 and May...
June 2020
Pope: God Knows You and Can Change You
By Junno Arocho Esteves – True prayer is a “fight” with God in which those who think they are strong...
The Trouble With Booze
Among the more controversial restrictions imposed by the government during Levels 4 and 5 of lockdown was the ban on...
Return Of Grade 12s: ‘Proud To Be Covid-19 Matrics’
The Class of 2020 at St Teresa’s High School in Rosebank, Johannesburg, has been dubbed the “Covid-19 Matrics”. Headgirls Brogan Hughes,...
SACBC Bishop’s Letter to Friend George Floyd
In an emotional “farewell letter”, a bishop from Botswana recalled meeting and befriending George Floyd and his family while in the...
From Our Vaults 52 Years Ago: June 12, 1968
Robert F Kennedy, the Catholic Robert F Kennedy, the US presidential candidate who was assassinated on June 4, attended Mass...
Mass Readings: 14 June – 21 June, 2020
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday June 14, The Body and Blood of Christ Deuteronomy 8:2-3,...
Feast of Corpus Christi Reflection
In Christ our contemplation focuses on the central point of time and space; as we extend our arms and our...
Cartoon of the Week: Times Were Simpler Then
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We...
