Southern Cross Sellers!
Zanele Dlodlo and Bongane “Sbobesh” Mofokeng of St Peter Claver church in Pimville, Soweto, are regular Southern Cross sellers in...
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From Our Vaults 19 Years Ago: March 4, 2001
Archbishop Napier becomes a cardinal Presiding over the largest consistory in history, Pope John Paul II created 44 new cardinals....
From Our Vaults 30 Years Ago: February 25, 1990
SA bishops on Mandela’s release Welcoming the release from prison after 27 years of Nelson Mandela, the Southern African Catholic...
From Our Vaults 98 Years Ago: February 18, 1922
New pope became cardinal last year The election of Cardinal Achilles Ratti of Milan to succeed Pope Benedict XV will...
From Our Vaults 66 Years Ago: February 17, 1954
Cardinal detained in communist jailed Poland’s Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski is reportedly being held in the notorious Lubianka prison in Warsaw...
From Our Vaults 68 Years Ago: January 31, 1951
New hierarchy for SA The newly-established hierarchy of South Africa will have four metropolitan archdioceses, which will be headed by...
Stop The Southern Cross Rumour Mill!
This month, staff members of The Southern Cross and our office were confronted with rumours that we would close down...
From Our Vaults 84 Years Ago: January 15, 1936
Death of SA’s great Churchman The great Churchman Mgr Frederick Kolbe has died in Cape Town, aged 82. Known to...
Günther Simmermacher: 25 Years in One Place
Once upon a time, The Southern Cross didn’t want me. In September 1994, I responded to an advertisement in this...
