Easter, Jubilee, Faith, Action
Dear Reader, As our cover will tip off those who might have forgotten: this month is Easter, the zenith of the Church’s liturgical year! The colourful Easter...
Editorials
The Catholic Ethos
Dear Reader, Welcome to this bumper issue, in which we shine a special focus on Catholic education — and much more. Almost 500 years ago, the French...
Unexpected Miracles
Dear Reader, Our cover story this month is on Lourdes, the site of Our Lady’s reported apparitions in 1858 to the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous. Apart from...
A Year of Grace and Growth
Dear Reader, as we enter the Jubilee Year 2025, we might reflect with awe that we are joining our ancestors in faith in a special Church tradition...
White Christmas in Summer?
Dear Reader, Every year, many Christians sound the alarm that the feast of the Nativity has been hijacked by commercial interests. Obviously business has a big stake...
History Shapes Today
Dear Reader, In every edition of The Southern Cross, we look back at various times in the past, in regular items such as the Saint of the...
The Mission of Our Church
Dear Reader, The Church’s primary function is to evangelise — to lead people to God and salvation. This is the missionary imperative that comes into a special...
Guardian of Democracy
Dear Reader, This year South Africa marked 30 years of democracy — three decades in which some things went well but many things also went wrong, many...
The Witness of Women
Dear Reader, August is Women’s Month in South Africa, and in this issue we mark it in special ways. Our cover star is Sr Dominica Mkhize FSF,...
The Shrine for all of South Africa
Dear Reader, – South Africa has a new shrine! The Mother of Mercy shrine in Magaliesburg, poetically located near the Cradle of Humankind, may be a project...
