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...
Editorials
Exercise for Our Faith
Dear Reader, Any Catholic, whether the parishioner who sits at the end of the fifth pew in church or a distinguished bishop presiding at the altar, needs...
The Past and the Future
Dear Reader, Smiling from our cover this month is a young man of prodigious talent and a seriousness about his vocation in music that belies his age....
Vocations and Blessings
Dear Reader, A popular item for sale in souvenir shops around the Vatican is a calendar of portraits of handsome young priests with charming smiles in their...
Schooling and Faith
Dear Reader, Welcome to this thicker-than-usual issue of The Southern Cross, in which several Catholic schools showcase their impressive successes in the latest round of matric results....
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...
Threads in a Magazine
Dear Reader, Our cover this month features a young priest who made the unusual transition from Lutheran ministry to Catholic holy orders. In our article on page...
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 barely remember last Christmas. For me, and...
Remembering Well
Dear Reader, During the month of November, we Catholics remember our dead. Our feature article in this issue on how we relate to our departed loved ones...
Lessons from a Troubling Video
A video clip is currently circulating which accuses Cardinal Stephen Brislin of racism for not embracing and kissing an African cardinal in the way he greets two...
