Leo XIV: The First Pop Age Pope
Dear Reader, With this issue we welcome our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. The long turnaround of printing and distributing The Southern Cross meant that our June...
Editorials 2025
Busy Month of Jubilees
Dear Reader, The Church’s busy Jubilee schedule is especially full in June, with eight separate celebrations taking place in Rome. As we do every month, we bring...
Skop, Skiet and Saints
Dear Reader, On May 11, the Church will observe the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The primary focus of this day is our prayerful desire to...
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...
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...
