https://www.scross.co.za Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:19:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.scross.co.za/2026/06/fr-robert-bissell-on-catholic-annulment-how-it-differs-from-a-divorce-and-more/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:58:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=86965 Most Catholics have heard of annulments. Fewer understand them. Fr Robert Bissell, a Doctor of Canon Law, is the Judicial […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/what-actually-is-just-war-theory/ Tue, 12 May 2026 08:22:32 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=85624 What is it good for? Exposing bad theology. War is everywhere. And with war comes people talking about war — […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/04/how-does-god-deal-with-an-unrepentant-criminal/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:34:49 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=85160 Question: We are told to entrust the punishment of criminals to the law and the ultimate judgment to God, and […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/04/statelessness-and-undocumented-persons-workshop-polokwane-diocese/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:23:23 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84885 A delegation from the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) visited the Diocese of Polokwane to conduct a Human Trafficking […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/03/what-is-catholic-integralism/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:38:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84792 By Jason Scott – Pope Leo XIV became the first pope in modern history to visit  Monaco over the weekend, […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/03/just-wars-do-not-exist-including-this-one/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:53:13 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84591 By US-based Tony Magliano – The new Iran-U.S.-Israeli war – like all wars – is a hellish nightmare where violence feeds […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/03/pope-leo-the-church-is-gods-plan-for-humanity/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:23:28 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84587 Pope Leo’s Audience of March 4 continued his catechism on Lumen Gentium, Light for the Nations. This document was promulgated […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/01/worshipping-two-gods-at-mass/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:44:45 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=83911 Question: I recently attended a meeting at a Catholic parish and was surprised to see a priest wearing traditional Zulu […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2025/12/woman-the-church-why-the-church-will-not-ordain-women/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:16:52 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=83742 By Jason Scott – Recently,  a Vatican study commission voted definitively against ordaining women  as deacons. The decision followed years […]]]>