Church / Church Teaching / Theology
by Admin · Published September 25, 2020 · Last modified September 24, 2020
By Cindy Wooden – The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said his office sometimes has the “very unpleasant” obligation to take action against theologians in order to safeguard the faith. Cardinal...
Following an apostolic visitation, the diocese of Mariannhill will now be under the administration of Archbishop William Slattery, the retired head of Pretoria archdiocese. “I have been informed by the nunciature that following the apostolic...
As South Africans celebrate Heritage Day, BISHOP VICTOR PHALANA of Klerksdorp recalls a history of corruption in the country that goes back to the day Jan van Riebeeck arrived on our shores in 1652. On...
By James Qeqe – What is it that we are doing wrong in Africa? Or, what is it that we are not doing at all? How can there be so many sufferings on the mother continent...
Church / Religious Life / Vocations
by Admin · Published September 23, 2020 · Last modified September 18, 2020
Every vocation story is different. Here SR ALETHA MATISWAYIRI MADZIRO tells hers, as a Presentation Sister in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was once considered the breadbasket of Africa, a country rising to prominence. It declined into poverty...
The corrupt steal from the poor and offend God. BISHOP GRAHAM ROSE counts the ways in which they put their souls and salvation at risk. South Africans are protesting against widespread corruption in the country....
Fr Wim Lindeque celebrates a “Holy Mass of Creation” at the Christian Brothers Centre in Stellenbosch, as part of sacred time in the “Season of Creation” which intends to link humans with nature and God...
For homes caring for children, Covid-19 regulations have created not only logistic and financial but also interpersonal challenges. That has been the experience of St Joseph’s Home for chronically ill children in Cape Town. Facial...
About us / Catholic Media / Church / Our New Magazine / Simmermacher
by Admin · Published September 18, 2020
Next week the final edition of The Southern Cross as a weekly newspaper will appear, in digital format only, as it has been since lockdown began almost six months ago. By then, the newly-launched monthly magazine,...
A bishop’s coat of arms is always carefully designed to include many symbolisms. Bishop Noel Rucastle, who was ordained bishop of Oudtshoorn last month, chose such symbols from his own background. The processional cross, and...
Weddings should be delayed “until it is safe to celebrate the sacrament [of matrimony] with greater freedom and with greater festivity”, the archdiocese of Cape Town has advised. In the event that a couple is...
Christian Living / Church / Religious Life
by Admin · Published September 17, 2020 · Last modified September 15, 2020
By letting go and putting ourselves in God’s hands we can experience liberation, suggests Sr Lissy Maruthanakuzhy FSP. Between the words “Go” and “God”, the only the difference is the letter D—and yet, it’s the...
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