The Story of a Church-Builder
The Catholic Church in South Africa was built by great missionaries. Daluxolo Moloantoa looks at the amazing life of one of them, Fr Camillus De Hovre OMI on...
Category: Church History
Who Were the First Black Bishops?
Question: Can you tell me: Who was the first black bishop in the world and in SA? Answer: The first black bishop goes back to the times...
The SA Bishops in 1976
The January edition of The Southern Cross features an article on the 70th anniversary of Pope Pius XII establishing the Catholic Hierarchy of Southern Africa. It is...
Who is the Head of the Catholic Church in SA?
We have a cardinal, but we also have the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) with a president, currently Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha. But who is...
How a Heresy Almost Won the Church
We recite the Creed every Sunday at Mass, but we might not have known Christ as divine! In his second of three articles on the Nicene Creed,...
What We Catholics Believe – And Why
We recite the Creed every Sunday at Mass, but do we know its background and meanings? In a series of three articles, MICHAEL MAYER will look at...
Exorcisms and the popes: Stories from inside the Vatican
It is a core tenet of the Catholic faith that demons are real, and as said in the St. Michael prayer, that they “prowl about the earth...
Catechetical Cataclysms: Restored Holy Stairs Give Meaning To Crisis
By Carol Glatz – After 20 years of restoration work and millions in funding from benefactors worldwide, the unveiling of the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs in...
Erich Klausener Remembered as First Catholic Victim of Nazi regime in 1934
By Anli Serfontein – Early 20th century-era Catholic leader Erich Klausener holds a special place in the hearts and minds of Berlin’s Catholics. An official in the German...
Learning About Pope John Paul I’s Life Will Help Dispel Myths
By Carol Glatz – Conspiracy theories and dark intrigue about Pope John Paul I’s untimely death just one month after his election should be set aside and his...
It’s Farewell – and Hello
This is the final edition of The Southern Cross as a weekly newspaper, bringing to a close a run of more than 5 200 consecutive weeks of...
Tribute to a Great Leader of the Poor
By Fr Mokesh Morar – Last month saw the passing of a truly remarkable Church leader who stood up against the systematic violence of the state and...
