History in Colour: Fr Jakobus Hoendervangers
Among all the Oblates and Dominicans who led the first wave of missionary work in South Africa was a Norbertine...
Church History
From Our Vaults 88 Years Ago: June, 1936
GK Chesterton dead at 62 The famous English Catholic writer and poet GK Chesterton died on June 14 at the...
Lawyer for former Vatican employee says manuscript is mystery
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The lawyer for the former Vatican employee accused of trying to sell St Peter’s Basilica...
St Boniface
St Boniface was an English Benedictine monk, known as the “Apostle of Germany” for his great missionary efforts throughout Europe....
St Charles Lwanga & Companions
Today is the Feast of Sr Charles Lwanga and his companions, martyred in Uganda in 1886. Pray for us🙏
Justin Martyr
Today is the Feast of Justin Martyr, prolific writer and theologian in the early Church, apologist and martyr🙏
History in Colour: Emmanuel Cathedral, Durban
A snapshot from the past, colourised exclusively for The Southern Cross Emmanuel Cathedral in Durban is seen in an undated...
70 Years of Salesian Presence in eSwatini Celebrated
By Vaclav Klement SDB – The one-year 70th anniversary celebrations of the Salesians’ presence in eSwatini concluded with a youth...
Memories of Cardinal Owen McCann
It has been thirty years since the death of South Africa’s first cardinal. Our Advisory Editor Michael Shackleton looks back...
