26th Sunday Reflection
Tax collectors and prostitutes; traitors and whores; Jesus often uses these people as examples against the purported righteousness, orthodoxy, and...
September 2020
Mass readings 27 September – 4 October, 2020
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday September 27, 26th Sunday of the year Ezekiel 18:25-28, Psalms...
Diocese of Mariannhill Put Under Apostolic Administration
Following an apostolic visitation, the diocese of Mariannhill will now be under the administration of Archbishop William Slattery, the retired...
Vatican Reaffirms, Clarifies Church Teachings On Euthanasia and End-Of-Life Care
By Carol Glatz – With the legalisation of assisted suicide and euthanasia in many countries, and questions concerning what is morally...
The Last Editorial
This is the last of more than 5 200 editorials that have appeared in The Southern Cross since the first...
Living Sexuality In The Church’s Embrace
By Mary Marrocco – A young Catholic couple were not engaged, but hoping to get there. At a certain point, naturally...
We Must Overcome SA’s Heritage of Corruption
As South Africans celebrate Heritage Day, BISHOP VICTOR PHALANA of Klerksdorp recalls a history of corruption in the country that...
What Kind of Africa do We Want?
By James Qeqe – What is it that we are doing wrong in Africa? Or, what is it that we are...
Presentation Sister Aletha Madziro: This is My Story
Every vocation story is different. Here SR ALETHA MATISWAYIRI MADZIRO tells hers, as a Presentation Sister in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was...
