The Grand Old lady of Catholic Publishing
Guest editorial by Rosanne Shields: The grand old lady of Catholic publishing, our beloved Southern Cross newspaper, has been around...
August 2020
GBV Campaign Launches On Women’s Day
The Justice Desk will launch its 2020 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign aimed at men, #YourActionsDefineYou, on Women’s Day, August 9....
Bishop João Rodrigues: We All Need healing
More than a quarter of a century after apartheid, we are called to a new struggle to overcome the legacy...
Sr Rosella Langer OP, Rest in Peace
Dominican Sister Rosella Langer died at the age of 82 on July 14 at Emmaus Home in East London after...
Vatican: Baptisms That Use A Modified Formula Are Not Valid
By Carol Glatz – Changing the words of the formula for baptism render the sacrament invalid, said the Congregation for the...
Pope 75 Years After Atomic Bomb: Drop Weapons For Peace
By Carol Glatz – For peace to flourish, weapons of war must be set aside, especially nuclear weapons that can obliterate...
19th Sunday Reflection
Genesis, bringing order out of the chaos, and a call for us to remember, to return to our vocation, to...
Mass Readings: 9 August – 16 August, 2020
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday August 9, 19th Sunday of the Year 1 Kings 19:9,...
Pope Names Six Women To Previously All-Male Council For Economy
By Cindy Wooden – Renewing the membership of the Vatican Council for the Economy, Pope Francis named six women to the...
