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...
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Coming in September – Our New Magazine
As you will have seen by now, The Southern Cross will relaunch as a magazine in late September — in...
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...
The Grand Old lady of Catholic Publishing
Guest editorial by Rosanne Shields: The grand old lady of Catholic publishing, our beloved Southern Cross newspaper, has been around...
From Our Vaults: 22 Years Ago: August 2, 1998
Catholic Church in KZN killing fields Following political assassinations in the Richmond area in KwaZulu-Natal’s Midlands that have claimed 30...
In Changing Times – Our Newspaper/New Magazine and the Church
Editorial by Rosanne Shields, chairperson of the board of directors of The Southern Cross It is a sad day when...
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...
Newspaper To Magazine: This Is A ‘Phoenix’ Moment
As from October 2020, the only national Catholic newspaper in South Africa, The Southern Cross, will become a monthly magazine....
From Our Vaults 51 Years Ago: July 23, 1969
Pope hails moon landing Pope Paul VI has praised the first moon landing in what The Southern Cross calls a...
