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....
Category: Editorials
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...
South Africa: A Nation of Impunity
South Africa is a nation plagued by a culture of impunity, in which trespasses against laws and ethics are disregarded by many because these acts are not...
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 to observe a world war, Vatican II,...
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 an institution like The Southern Cross newspaper,...
Falling for Lies
Imagine, if you will, a situation in your workplace where a colleague is the target of a whispering campaign. In the process rumours are being spread which...
Let’s All Be Decent
A chilling four-panel post is at present making the rounds on social media. They show Facebook updates by a 37-year-old American named Richard Rose III of Port...
