What Are Stole Fees? Why is There Such A Fuss About Them?
The question of fees charged for services by priests is often discussed around the world, so Christen Torres interviewed Bishop Edward Risi to understand how they apply...
Bishops / Church / Priests / Question & Answer / Sacraments
by Christen Torres · Published February 4, 2025
The question of fees charged for services by priests is often discussed around the world, so Christen Torres interviewed Bishop Edward Risi to understand how they apply...
by Christen Torres · Published September 23, 2020 · Last modified September 22, 2020
He is one of the Church’s most popular saints, revered for his holiness, but there was a time when even a saintly pope opposed Padre Pio, who...
Church / Church History / Education / Religious Life / Theology
by Christen Torres · Published August 28, 2020 · Last modified August 23, 2020
St Augustine was born in the Roman province of Numidia, in Algeria, and was son of St Monica, the patron saint of difficult marriages, disappointing children and victims of verbal abuse.
Catholic Social Teaching / Christen Torres / Christian Living / Church
by Christen Torres · Published November 19, 2019 · Last modified November 18, 2019
The way that society deals with crime and those who have committed them needs a new vision, a priest says. Christen Torres reports. South Africa has the...
Bishops / Christen Torres / Church
by Christen Torres · Published February 5, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2021
On February 10, Bishop Abel Gabuza will take possession of his office as the coadjutor archbishop of Durban. CHRISTEN TORRES asked him about the diocese he is...
by Christen Torres · Published January 8, 2019 · Last modified January 6, 2019
This year’s general elections will define South Africa’s year 2019, with the state of the economy, the on-going investigation into state capture and ex-President Jacob Zuma’s legal...
Bishops / Christen Torres / Christmas
by Christen Torres · Published December 25, 2018 · Last modified December 27, 2018
What do bishops do at Christmas? CHRISTEN TORRES spoke to five South African prelates to find out. Christmas is a day of family, celebration and relaxation, but...
Catholic Media / Christen Torres
by Christen Torres · Published December 20, 2018 · Last modified January 25, 2024
Victoria Giuricich, 20, wants to follow the path of her hero, Madeline Stuart, an Australian model with Down syndrome who has appeared on the catwalks of the London, New York and Paris fashion weeks.
Christen Torres / Faith Life / lay ministry
by Christen Torres · Published December 20, 2018 · Last modified December 16, 2018
Missionaries aged 17-30 years from NET Australia will minister in Cape Town with the specific aim of supporting the archdiocese’s youth ministries—and perhaps establish a South African chapter of NET.
About us / History of The Southern Cross
by Christen Torres · Published December 17, 2018 · Last modified December 12, 2018
Business manager Pamela Davids celebrated 45 years with The Southern Cross this month. The longest-serving staff member in Southern Cross history — she has overtaken the record...
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