The First Editor of The Southern Cross
101 years ago, The Southern Cross published its first issue. Dr Sandren Naidoo looks at the life of the founding editor, Fr James Kelly. When he parted...
Category: History of The Southern Cross
From Our Vaults 59 Years Ago: 8 August, 1962
See larger images of some of the stories in this issue Cardinal Montini in SA Visiting South Africa, Cardinal Giovanni Montini [the future Pope Paul VI] laid...
From Our Vaults 58 Years Ago: June 1963
Death of Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII died on June 3 “like a saint”, according to Cardinal Augustin Bea, who visited the Holy Father on his...
Activist Mary Lack Dies at 92
Mary Elizabeth Lack, MBE: 16 May 1929 – 31 May 2021 Obituary by Rosanne Shields On the morning of May 31, the Church of Cape Town lost...
From Our Vaults 51 Years Ago: April 29, 1970
Communion may be in hand The Vatican has approved a request from the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference to permit reception of Holy Communion in the hand....
Long Haul: 20 Years as Southern Cross Editor
In February 2001, Günther Simmermacher became the editor of The Southern Cross. Here he reflects on the past 20 years, the present and the future. Sometimes you...
A Southern Cross Christmas, 60 years ago
The Christmas edition of The Southern Cross in 1958 was a bumper 32-page affair. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER steps into a time-capsule from 60 years ago. In the 1950s,...
The Last Editorial
This is the last of more than 5 200 editorials that have appeared in The Southern Cross since the first edition was published on October 16, 1920....
From Our Vaults 72 Years Ago: September 1, 1948
Southern Cross editor resigns Fr Owen McCann has resigned as editor of The Southern Cross after leading the newspaper for seven years. He will now take over...
From Our Vaults 37 Years Ago: August 28, 1983
Celebrate Mary’s 2000th birthday At an open-air Assumption feast Mass in Lourdes attended by 180000 people, Pope John Paul II called on Catholics to celebrate Mary’s 2000th birthday...
The Southern Cross: Farewell and Look to the Future
The Southern Cross’ retrenched staff came together one last time for a sad farewell — and some to chart the way for the publication’s future, as SYDNEY...
Archbishop William Slattery: There’s a Death in the Family
It is a very sad moment in the history of the Catholic Church of South Africa to learn that our beloved weekly as we knew it will...
