The Bishop Who Serves A Whole Country
An Agentinian who knows Pope Francis from Buenos Aires serves as the only bishop of Eswatini. Bishop José Luís Ponce de León is interviewed by MANDLA ZIBI. Bishop José Luís Ponce de León heads...
Category: Bishops
Ghana Archbishop: Africans In Solidarity With Cardinal Who Has COVID-19
By Damian Avevor – Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie assured Burkina Faso Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo of the continent’s solidarity after the cardinal tested positive for COVID-19. Cardinal Ouedraogo is president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences...
Archbishop Jose Gomez: Love in a Time Without Hugs
Lent is always a desert journey that we make with Jesus, who fasted and was tested in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights. The prophet Hosea says the Lord leads his people...
South African Church Reacts to Covid-19
*This updated article replaces the lead in the print issue of this week’s Southern Cross and features in the digital edition – Subscribe to receive The Southern Cross With confirmed cases of the coronavirus,...
Bishop Sipuka Slams Unholy Sunday Shopping
Worship of God today is weak because it has to compete with the “the worship of selling and buying”, according to the president of the bishops’ conference. “People are not satisfied to buy and...
Archbishop Slattery Probes SA’s Second-Biggest Diocese
The retired archbishop of Pretoria is conducting an apostolic visitation of South Africa’s second-most populous Catholic diocese. According to a notice from the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, the request for an apostolic visitation...
Three Archbishops Unite to Honour a Fourth
Three archbishops united to honour a fourth one: (from left) Archbishop Emeritus William Slattery of Pretoria, Cardinal Wilfrid Cardinal Napier of Durban, and Abel Gabuza, coadjutor and future archbishop of Durban, stand in Emmanuel...
Bishop Sipuka: Why We Need a New Pastoral Plan
New cultural and social contexts no longer “serve the living and the propagation of faith”—which is why the new Pastoral Plan launched by the bishops is so important, according to the president of the...
Papal Nuncio: What I Love About South Africa
The varied nature of the Catholic Church in South Africa is unique, and he loves doing pastoral work and going out into the parishes across the country, the papal nuncio told Archbishop William Slattery...
The New Pastoral Plan
After many years of extensive work and consultation, today, January 26, will see the official launch of the local Church’s new pastoral plan at a Mass in Soweto’s Regina Mundi church. The new pastoral...
Frs Kgaogelo Ntsie and Tshepo Duik Ordained!
Newly-ordained Frs Kgaogelo Ntsie (second from left) and Tshepo Duik are presented by Archbishop Buti Tlhagale (left) and Bishop Duncan Tsoke at their ordination Mass in St Albert’s church in Vosloorus, archdiocese of Johannesburg....
Two New Priests Ordained for Umzimkulu Diocese!
Bishop Stanley Dziuba of Umzimkulu diocese ordained Frs Siyabonga Nombika (left) and Mehluleli Dzanibe to the priesthood at Gamalakhe Ugu Sport Centre. (Photo from Sr Zithobile Zondi LSMI)
