Bishop Sipuka: South Africa at Risk of Being a ‘Republic of Corruption’
By Agnes Aineah – A leading bishop has bemoaned increasing reports of corruption, warning that South Africa is at a great...
2020
Be the Miracle You’re Praying For
Like every avid reader of The Southern Cross, the news that the weekly newspaper version would be discontinued gave me...
Are Church’s Tassels Too Long?
By Cecil Cullen, Alberton – I fully agree with Tony Meehan’s comments ( Do We Really Need a Vatican Visa...
Sr Ursula Hinchion, Rest in Peace
By Sr Ann Genevieve MSA – Missionary Sister of the Assumption Ursula (Mary Theresa) Hinchion passed away peacefully on August...
From Our Vaults 81 Years Ago: September 6, 1939
Pope Pius XII couldn’t prevent war Interventions by Pope Pius XII to prevent war have proved fruitless. Pope Pius had...
How We Choose Sides
One effect of the pervasiveness of social media has been the globalisation of opinion. With Facebook, Twitter and US news...
When Mother Teresa Came to South Africa
Today is the feast day of Mother Teresa – from our vaults, this is a recollection of when the saint...
Donovan Lowry, Rest in Peace
By Paul Goller – Donovan Lowry died last month in his 88th year. He and his sister Pam were born...
Sister Ivantic, 107, Is Living In Her Second Pandemic
By Dan Stockman – For Benedictine Sister Vivian Ivantic, these times are not unprecedented. Sister Ivantic was born in 1913,...
