The Death of the Old Order
By the late Owen Williams St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), preaching his sixth sermon for Christmas Eve, took as his text Jesus Christ, the Son of God,...
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Fr Allan Moss: To be Mary’s Child
By Fr Allan Moss OMI – Advent brings to mind the pregnancy of Mary. We prepare for the coming of her child. We know the child is...
The SA Bishops in 1976
The January edition of The Southern Cross features an article on the 70th anniversary of Pope Pius XII establishing the Catholic Hierarchy of Southern Africa. It is...
When was Jesus born? An investigation
How can we know when Jesus was really born? Comparing the Jewish and Gregorian (Western) calendars, COLIN GILLOT uses logical speculation to find the likely time of the first...
Seven nuns die of Covid-19
The second wave of Covid-19 has claimed the lives of seven Sisters of the congregation of the Daughters of St Francis in Port Shepstone in the diocese...
Dowling retires as pope makes new bishops appointments
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg, Southern Africa’s second-longest serving active bishop, and has appointed a successor. He also transferred the...
Mary’s Assumption – Our Destiny
Fr Allan Moss OMI – In the resurrection of Jesus we see our resurrection. Mary’s assumption exemplifies our Christian destiny. She is the model of the Church...
After Zoom Meeting, SA Churches May Now Open
BY ERIN CARELSE & STAFF REPORTERS The archbishop of Cape Town and other faith leaders met with President Cyril Ramaphosa in a Zoom meeting ahead of the government’s decision...
SACBC President on Ways to Limit Mass Attendances to 100
After a day of consultation following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s instruction to restrict public gatherings to 100 in South Africa’s battle to check the spread of the Covid-19...
New ‘army’ took to township’s street
Curious people watched as a young girl dressed in rustic clothes rode a donkey in the streets of Wallacedene township near Kraaifontein in Cape Town. The girl...
A useful guide to the story of St Bernadette
LOURDES 2019, by Paul De Marco. Published by lulu.com. 2018. 168pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher In terms of annual visitors, Lourdes is the world’s third-biggest Marian shrine;...
Can business methods fix SA Church?
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH—200 YEARS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: The Six Transitional Phases, by Marumagae Moshe. SA Catholic Online Books. 2019. 153pp. Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher South Africans “are...
