By Cindy Wooden – Demonstrating a strong “chain of abuse,” the Legionaries of Christ said its founder, the late Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, sexually abused at least 60 minors and that at least another 51...
Church / Church History / Prayer / Saints
by Tamar SC · Published December 26, 2019 · Last modified December 25, 2019
Fr Steve Grunow, Word on Fire Ministries – Today the Church remembers the witness of Saint Stephen, the first of the Church’s martyrs. The cruelty of his death is recorded in the Acts of...
Centenary Year / Church / Church History / From Our Vaults
by Tamar SC · Published December 26, 2019 · Last modified December 20, 2019
Every week for the duration of our 100th year, we dig an old issue of The Southern Cross out of our vaults, and highlight a few stories from that edition, as well as reproducing...
About us / Christmas / Church / Church History
by Admin · Published December 25, 2019 · Last modified December 17, 2019
The war-time Christmas edition of The Southern Cross in 1944 was a 12-page affair. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER steps into a time-capsule from 75 years ago. In 1944, the concerns of the Church were still with...
Christmas / Church / Church History
by Admin · Published December 24, 2019 · Last modified December 19, 2019
One of the great poets of the ages, St Ephrem of Syria left us with a treasure of profound Christmas reflections. Who was he, and what did he say about Christmas almost 1700 years...
Centenary Year / Church / Church History / From Our Vaults
by Tamar SC · Published December 22, 2019 · Last modified December 17, 2019
The Southern Cross banned! The Rhodesian government has banned The Southern Cross issue of December 8, 1965, which included an article headed “Blank space on page: Rhodesian government censors editorial in Catholic paper”. That...
Centenary Year / Church / Church History / From Our Vaults
by Tamar SC · Published December 13, 2019 · Last modified December 11, 2019
Every week for the duration of our 100th year, we dig out an old issue of The Southern Cross from our vaults, and highlight a few stories from that edition, as well as reproducing...
Christian Living / Church / Church History
by Admin · Published December 10, 2019 · Last modified December 9, 2019
By Fr Paddy Noonan OFM – I have been following the peace initiative of St Francis 800 years ago because it might have something to say to us today. Related to that, I’m interested...
Church / Church History / Community pictures / Education
by Tamar SC · Published December 4, 2019 · Last modified December 3, 2019
Several staff members at Holy Family College in Glenmore, Durban, completed the Catholic Schools Office’s course on St Paul and the New Evangelisation. Seen with Cardinal Wilfrid Napier are (from left) Luciana Pandarum, Julian...
Abortion / Church / Church History / Church Teaching
by Admin · Published November 16, 2019 · Last modified November 11, 2019
This month marks the 23rd anniversary of parliament voting to legalise abortion. Paul De Marco reflects on why the killing of the unborn is intolerable to Catholics. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you....
By Rhina Guidos – No one can deny that the act was horrific. Six priests found face down on a lawn with bullet holes through various parts of their bodies. One was in his bathrobe....
Bible / Church / Church History / Evangelism / Ntabeni
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published October 22, 2019 · Last modified October 21, 2019
I write this late in the evening on the feast of St Jerome. I’m a little exhausted, having just arrived from Johannesburg, after a rather hectic weekend of endless book discussions on Live Literature...
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