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Dear Reader, Should the collage on this month’s cover look familiar, then you are not mistaken. We had a similar gallery […]

By Admin / December 30, 2025

This month we mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Southern African Hierarchy by Pope Pius XII, a

By Jason Scott / December 29, 2025

By Jason Scott – Recently, a Vatican study commission voted definitively against ordaining women as deacons. The decision followed years

By Admin / December 28, 2025

Forty years ago, Catholic anti-apartheid activist Brian Bishop died in a traffic collision, alongside fellow activist Molly Blackburn. Here we

Southern Cross features writer Daluxolo Moloantoa recently had the honour of presenting the Vatican’s representative in South Africa, the Apostolic

By Admin / December 13, 2025

In 1935, five Pallottine Sisters opened a small ward for sick children in Cape Town. Ninety years on, St Joseph’s

By CNS / December 12, 2025

By Carol Glatz, CNS – Christian archaeology seeks to see, hear and touch the Word made flesh, Pope Leo XIV

By Bokang Tsoanamatsie – Bethel Parish is among the oldest missions within the diocese of Mohale’s Hoek, constructed in honour

By Admin / December 11, 2025

The Catholic Link, published every week by the Redemptorists, is a popular newsletter in many parishes in South Africa, with