The Greatest Tokyo Olympics Champion
When we decided to place the gymnast Simone Biles on the cover of the August issue of The Southern Cross,...
Editorials
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...
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 Last Editorial
This is the last of more than 5 200 editorials that have appeared in The Southern Cross since the first...
More Than Hair
This month’s reaction to the controversial Clicks advert has shown, once again, the stubborn inability of South Africans to listen...
Catholic Illiteracy?
Ironically, the final publication of the Southern Cross newspaper was the day before Heritage Day. The end of the weekly...
How We Choose Sides
One effect of the pervasiveness of social media has been the globalisation of opinion. With Facebook, Twitter and US news...
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...
The Bradburne Sainthood Cause
There was much rejoicing when the archdiocese of Harare officially launched the sainthood cause for John Bradburne on September 5,...
