From Our Vaults 36 Years Ago: July 27, 1986
Previous “From The Vaults” articles and larger images at www.scross.co.za/vaults Hurley: We met banned ANC Archbishop Denis Hurley has confirmed...
July 2022
The Stories of Our Church
Dear Reader, On the cover of this issue, we see the faces of 48 people. They have been among the...
Pope: Honour elders, learn gentle way of faith sharing from them
By Cindy Wooden – Celebrating the feast day of Jesus’ grandparents, Pope Francis not only urged people to honour their...
SACBC: More Needs to be Done to Protect South Africa’s Democracy
By SACBC – The SACBC Justice and Peace Commission, through its chairperson Bishop Joao Rodriques, has joined more than 100 civil...
Returning Moccasins, Pope Apologises for Church Role in Residential Schools
By Cindy Wooden – The first step of Pope Francis’ “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada involved him returning two pairs of...
Pope: Indigenous and Catholic: One can proudly be both
By Cindy Wooden – While presented as missionary work, the operation of residential schools by Catholics in Canada was actually...
St Anne: The Grandmother of Jesus
She doesn’t appear in the Bible, so what do we know about St Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary? Günther...
Mary Louise Hattingh turns 100!
Mary Louise Hattingh (neé Carratu) was born in Cava de’ Tirreni in the Province of Salerno on the 24th July...
Nigerian priest who was found dead is most recent to be kidnapped, killed
By Peter Ajayi Dada – The body of a priest was discovered July 19, four days after he was abducted...
