Southern Cross Magazine, September 2024
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Catholic Media
Far East Rand Catholic News celebrates Mother Teresa, Domitilla and Danny Hyams in new issue
By Kati Dijane – The Far East Rand Catholic News is a publication from the Far East Rand Deanery in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg. It aims to...
Chesterton’s Lessons for Us Today
Christopher Altieri suggests that GK Chesterton’s ability to maintain friendship with those he disagreed with is a good example for our polarised world. Who was Gilbert Keith Chesterton,...
Pope: Reporting on the Church should not be gossip
By Justin McLellan, CNS – A journalist’s reporting about the Catholic Church should not aim to polarise people or push certain positions, but to seek and share...
Sheila Pires: Spread the Gospel through the Media
After almost two decades with Radio Veritas, Sheila Pires now leads the bishops’ media office and was appointed to a key position at the Synod for Synodality....
Pope: Catholics working in media can de-escalate today’s war of words
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Help “de-weaponise” the way language is used in the media by being respectful to others and fostering greater understanding and peace between...
Vatican: Promote Christian Values, Not Divisions, on Social Media
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Catholics should make an “examination of conscience” about how they use social media, how they allow it to influence them and about...
Mass media needs more kindness, truth spoken with charity, pope says
By Carol Glatz, CNS – The media and the field of communications need to exercise more kindness and share the truth with charity, Pope Francis said. “Kindness...
The Catholic Bookshop in Cape Town Bids Farewell to Retiring Staff
The Catholic Bookshop in Cape Town said farewell to three long-serving staff members who have retired, with Archbishop Stephen Brislin paying tribute to them at a function...
Southern Cross Visits St John Vianney Seminary
The Southern Cross visited St John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria on the occasion of the installation of the seminary’s new rector Fr Wellington Siwundla. The installation Mass...
