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...
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Poverty not Presents: That’s the Heart of Christmas
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Current restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic can help people put Christ, and not the...
Fr Ralph de Hahn: Seeking the Child
A reflection by Fr Ralph de Hahn All philosophy finds its limitations; all theology is confounded, all history is startled...
Advent reflection: Make Oneself Small in Order to Raise up the Other
Reaching out to and helping the poor “is to imitate God; it is to make oneself small out of love...
Where Do Our Christmas Traditions Come From?
We celebrate it, eat through it, give gifts on it, and carry out the traditions our parents, and probably our...
Vatican permits priests to say up to four Masses on Christmas Day
The Vatican’s liturgy congregation will permit priests to say up to four Masses on Christmas Day, the Solemnity of Mary,...
Away with the manger? Nativity scene at Vatican generates controversy
By Cindy Wooden – Especially in a year when the COVID-19 pandemic will rule out many people’s favourite Christmas traditions,...
Is Christmas simply a re-imagining of ancient pagan celebrations?
By Mary Farrow – ‘Tis the season to be jolly, and, perhaps, to have one’s social media inundated with memes about...
6 Christmas Myths You May Have Fallen For
There were three wise men Mathew 2:1 tells us that when Jesus was born, wise men came from the east...
