Editorials 2023 – The Southern Cross

A Season of Special Joy

Dear Reader, When we are young, a year takes so long that when the Advent wreaths go up again, we […]

Dear Reader, During the month of November, we Catholics remember our dead. Our feature article in this issue on how

A video clip is currently circulating which accuses Cardinal Stephen Brislin of racism for not embracing and kissing an African

Dear Reader, October is Mission Month, so it is right that in this issue there is a running thread of

Dear Reader, When he was a young deacon sent to Lesotho, Cardinal-elect Stephen Brislin received the Sesotho nickname Motlalepula, which

Our striking cover photo and the accompanying story show once again, as we have so often in the past, that

Dear Reader, Our cover this month gives us an unusual view of St John Vianney National Seminary in Waterkloof, Pretoria.

Dear Reader, On June 16, South Africa marks its national Youth Day, so in this issue we turn our focus

Dear Reader, In the month of May, we usually pray for vocations, following on from Vocations Sunday (this year on