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	<title>Christian Living &#8211; The Southern Cross</title>
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		<title>How a Protestant Made Me Fall in Love with My Faith and the Rosary Again</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/how-a-protestant-made-me-fall-in-love-with-my-faith-and-the-rosary-again/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregory B Stephenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 03:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="472" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Power-of-the-Rosary-420x472.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Power of the Rosary" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Power-of-the-Rosary-420x472.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Power-of-the-Rosary.jpg 712w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />I was raised in a traditional and staunch Catholic family. Ever since I can remember—ever since I first began to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>“Undivided Heart – Mission and Virginity in Carmen Hernández” is released in English for SA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 03:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="494" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Undivided-Heart_Mission-and-Virginity-in-Carmen-Hernandez-420x494.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Undivided Heart – Mission and Virginity in Carmen Hernández" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Undivided-Heart_Mission-and-Virginity-in-Carmen-Hernandez-420x494.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Undivided-Heart_Mission-and-Virginity-in-Carmen-Hernandez.jpg 680w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />The English edition of the book Undivided Heart – Mission and Virginity in Carmen Hernández by Josefina Ramón Berna on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Taken Up in a Dream: A Real-Life Encounter on the Eve of the Ascension</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregory B Stephenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="420" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ascension-of-the-Lord3-420x420.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Ascension of the Lord" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ascension-of-the-Lord3-420x420.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ascension-of-the-Lord3-744x744.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ascension-of-the-Lord3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ascension-of-the-Lord3-600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ascension-of-the-Lord3-120x120.jpg 120w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ascension-of-the-Lord3.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />By Gregory B Stephenson, Author: Jesus In The Kallid Times Twenty-four years ago, on the night of 8 May 2002 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>First induction workshop of Salesian Mission Partners in Southern Africa</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fr Vaclav Klement SDB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 07:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="315" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Salesian-Induction-Workshop-420x315.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Salesian induction workshop for lay mission partners at Booysens Salesian Provincial House" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Salesian-Induction-Workshop-420x315.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Salesian-Induction-Workshop-744x558.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Salesian-Induction-Workshop-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Salesian-Induction-Workshop.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />By Fr Vaclav Klement &#8211; The first-ever induction workshop for the leading lay mission partners of the Southern Africa Salesian [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Neocatechumenal Way visits Cardinal Brislin</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/neocatechumenal-way-visits-cardinal-brislin/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Southern Cross]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="449" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Neocat-Brislin-Visit-420x449.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The Neocatechumenal Way team visits with Cardinal Stephen Brislin" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Neocat-Brislin-Visit-420x449.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Neocat-Brislin-Visit-744x796.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Neocat-Brislin-Visit.jpg 748w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />The Neocatechumenal Way team responsible for Southern Africa recently visited Cardinal Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Johannesburg, in an atmosphere of great [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Faith &#038; Diplomacy: Archbishop Henryk Jagodziński’s Journey</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daluxolo Moloantoa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 03:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="420" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Archbishop-Henryk-Jagodzinski-book-420x420.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Archbishop Henryk Jagodzinski book" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Archbishop-Henryk-Jagodzinski-book-420x420.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Archbishop-Henryk-Jagodzinski-book-744x744.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Archbishop-Henryk-Jagodzinski-book-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Archbishop-Henryk-Jagodzinski-book-600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Archbishop-Henryk-Jagodzinski-book-120x120.jpg 120w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Archbishop-Henryk-Jagodzinski-book.jpg 800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />On Monday, April 27, 2026, Archbishop Henryk Jagodziński met with residents and members of the faithful at the Pedagogical Voivodeship [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A New Name, a Continued Mission: St Joseph’s Children’s Hospital</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/a-new-name-a-continued-mission-st-josephs-childrens-hospital/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Southern Cross]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 06:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Charity]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="420" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/St-Josephs-childrens-hospital-420x420.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/St-Josephs-childrens-hospital-420x420.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/St-Josephs-childrens-hospital-744x744.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/St-Josephs-childrens-hospital-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/St-Josephs-childrens-hospital-600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/St-Josephs-childrens-hospital-120x120.jpg 120w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/St-Josephs-childrens-hospital.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />South Africa’s only Catholic children’s hospital has changed its name to reflect its mission caring for children at a critical [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Prisons – Places of Healing?</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2026/04/prisons-places-of-healing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Southern Cross]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="440" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Prisons-places-of-healing-420x440.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Prisons places of healing" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Prisons-places-of-healing-420x440.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Prisons-places-of-healing-744x780.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Prisons-places-of-healing.jpg 763w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />What if prisons became places of healing instead of despair? Nathanael Siljeur shows how restorative justice, deeply rooted in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Justice and Peace launches campaign against domestic violence and femicide</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2026/04/justice-and-peace-launches-campaign-against-domestic-violence-and-femicide/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kati Dijane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pastoral Care]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="471" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Justice-and-PeaceAnti-femicide-Campaign-420x471.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Justice-and-Peace Anti-femicide Campaign" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Justice-and-PeaceAnti-femicide-Campaign-420x471.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Justice-and-PeaceAnti-femicide-Campaign-744x834.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Justice-and-PeaceAnti-femicide-Campaign-768x861.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Justice-and-PeaceAnti-femicide-Campaign.jpg 831w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />By Kati Dijane- The Justice and Peace Department of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg officially launched its campaign on the prevention [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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