Editorials 2024 – The Southern Cross https://www.scross.co.za Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine Thu, 05 Dec 2024 05:14:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 White Christmas in Summer? https://www.scross.co.za/2024/12/white-christmas-in-summer/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 05:14:06 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=78872 Dear Reader, Every year, many Christians sound the alarm that the feast of the Nativity has been hijacked by commercial […]

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]]> History Shapes Today https://www.scross.co.za/2024/10/history-shapes-today/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:29:52 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=78389 Dear Reader, In every edition of The Southern Cross, we look back at various times in the past, in regular […]

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]]> The Mission of Our Church https://www.scross.co.za/2024/10/the-mission-of-our-church/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 03:41:14 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=77893 Dear Reader, The Church’s primary function is to evangelise — to lead people to God and salvation. This is the […]

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]]> Guardian of Democracy https://www.scross.co.za/2024/09/guardian-of-democracy/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 06:53:03 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=77532 Dear Reader, This year South Africa marked 30 years of democracy — three decades in which some things went well […]

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]]> The Witness of Women https://www.scross.co.za/2024/07/the-witness-of-women/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 06:26:38 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=76999 Dear Reader, August is Women’s Month in South Africa, and in this issue we mark it in special ways. Our […]

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]]> The Shrine for all of South Africa https://www.scross.co.za/2024/06/the-shrine-for-all-of-south-africa/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 03:10:56 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=76578 Dear Reader, –  South Africa has a new shrine! The Mother of Mercy shrine in Magaliesburg, poetically located near the […]

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]]> Exercise for Our Faith https://www.scross.co.za/2024/05/exercise-for-our-faith/ Wed, 29 May 2024 05:15:02 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=76212 Dear Reader, Any Catholic, whether the parishioner who sits at the end of the fifth pew in church or a […]

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]]> The Past and the Future https://www.scross.co.za/2024/04/the-past-and-the-future/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 07:08:42 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=75726 Dear Reader, Smiling from our cover this month is a young man of prodigious talent and a seriousness about his […]

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]]> Vocations and Blessings https://www.scross.co.za/2024/04/vocations-and-blessings/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:36:47 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=75345 Dear Reader, A  popular item for sale in souvenir shops around the Vatican is a calendar of portraits of handsome […]

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