Jesus the Refugee
The feast of the Epiphany celebrates the manifestation of the divine nature of the human Jesus, the newborn King. But […]
Editorials 2020
2020 Editorials 2019
Our Prayers for 2020
Every year we issue our prayer intentions for the coming year. Usually, we include both local and global issues,
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Christmas Editorials 2019
Debunking the Myth of ‘Pagan’ Christmas
At this time of the year, Catholics are liable to be lectured with the inaccurate notion that the celebration of
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Editorials 2019
Teaching About Sex
The two areas where the teachings of the Church are most at odds with mainstream secular society are those of
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Advent Editorials 2019
Peace Amid the Noise
For Catholics, the Advent season should create a tension in reconciling the secular and the holy elements of the weeks
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Editorials 2019
The Diversity in Catholicism
Some of the protests against the recent Synod of Bishops on the Amazon seemed to insist that there can be
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Editorials 2019
To Be Waterwise
In the face of climate change we will have to get used to increasingly frequent droughts in South Africa,
Editorials 2019
The Tensions of Art
The blistering outrage over a school art project that was considered by some to be blasphemous holds lessons for
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About us History of The Southern Cross
We are 99 Years Old!
The Southern Cross is turning 99 years old — which means, as the arithmetically-gifted reader will have correctly deduced —
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