The publication date of this issue of The Southern Cross coincides with my sister’s birthday. She turns 70 this year […]

I  recently had a message in response to one of my blog postings, asking  how Catholics responded to the liturgical

The Southern Cross mourns the death of our long-standing columnist Fr Jack O’Brien OMI, who died at 89 on May

Although I have been back at work about a month now, I haven’t managed to post anything until today. Being

By John Thavis Pope Benedict XVI bid farewell to Angola and to Africa, asking the continent’s people to care for

By John Thavis At a Mass for hundreds of thousands of Angolans, Pope Benedict XVI called on Africa to embrace

By John Thavis Meeting with nearly 30,000 Angolan young people, Pope Benedict XVI urged them to be wary of today’s

By John Thavis Pope Benedict XVI urged African Catholics to help eradicate widespread superstitious beliefs, saying they have left many