The Month of Saints
Dear Reader, November is the month when we are called in a special way to remember those people in our lives who are no longer with us....
Category: Editorials
The Southern Cross: 101 Years and Counting
Dear Reader, It is just over a year ago that The Southern Cross published for the last time as a weekly newspaper. That final edition appeared, in...
The Youth of Today
Dear Reader, Which way for our young people? That’s the question we ask on our cover this week, with the image of youthful dangling feet ready to...
This is Women’s Month
August is Women’s Month in South Africa, so we are delighted that several articles in this edition are about impressive women: Sheila Pires of Radio Veritas, the...
The Greatest Tokyo Olympics Champion
When we decided to place the gymnast Simone Biles on the cover of the August issue of The Southern Cross, we intended to highlight a young sporting...
Foot-Washing Rite at Holy Thursday Mass
The foot-washing ceremony on Holy Thursday is perhaps one of the most meaningful of the Sacred Triduum’s liturgical moments. It has been made even more significant now....
How will you stop the corruption, Mr President?
Beyond the noise and bluster of those who make it their business to issue noise and bluster, we cannot blame the government for the qualified Alert Level...
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....
More Than Hair
This month’s reaction to the controversial Clicks advert has shown, once again, the stubborn inability of South Africans to listen to one another. The advert issued by...
Catholic Illiteracy?
Ironically, the final publication of the Southern Cross newspaper was the day before Heritage Day. The end of the weekly Southern Cross marked the sad loss of...
How We Choose Sides
One effect of the pervasiveness of social media has been the globalisation of opinion. With Facebook, Twitter and US news channels freely available, the US election is...
Stand with Zimbabwe’s Bishops
The public support given to the bishops of Zimbabwe by the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) and other Church bodies has been a significant sign of...
