Author: Southern Cross

How Should a Priest Greet the Congregation at Mass?

By Southern Cross / August 26, 2026

Question: At the start of Holy Mass, the presider greets us with the words, “The Lord be with you”, and […]

By Southern Cross / August 25, 2026

Liturgical CalendarYear A – Weekday Cycle Year II Sunday August 30, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeJer 20: 7-9/ Ps 63:

By Southern Cross / August 24, 2026

Pope Leo XIV, Angelus, St Peter’s Square, Sunday, 23 August 2026 Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday! This Sunday’s Gospel

By Southern Cross / August 20, 2026

Pope Leo XIV, General Audience, St Peter’s Basilica, Wednesday, 19 August 2026 Dear brothers and sisters, The sixth chapter of

By Southern Cross / August 20, 2026

The team responsible for the Neocatechumenal Way in Southern Africa recently met with Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako of Pretoria for

By Southern Cross / August 18, 2026

A Rwandan refugee and advocate asks whether the Church’s response to South Africa’s migration crisis has gone far enough. While

By Southern Cross / August 18, 2026

Question: Why is our Church referred to as the Roman Catholic Church when there are so many different rites? Answer:

By Southern Cross / August 17, 2026

Pope Leo XIV, Angelus, Castel Gandolfo, Sunday, 16 August 2026 Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday! Yesterday we contemplated the

By Southern Cross / August 17, 2026

Church unites in killing fields Following political assassinations in the Richmond area in KwaZulu-Natal’s Midlands which have claimed 30 lives,