Coronavirus, Crucifixion, Resurrection
The coronavirus is not a punishment from God. It is not a severe chastisement dealt to a world that in so many ways sins against the Almighty – by ignoring his commandments and teachings....
Category: Crisis
Ghana Archbishop: Africans In Solidarity With Cardinal Who Has COVID-19
By Damian Avevor – Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie assured Burkina Faso Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo of the continent’s solidarity after the cardinal tested positive for COVID-19. Cardinal Ouedraogo is president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences...
Archbishop Jose Gomez: Love in a Time Without Hugs
Lent is always a desert journey that we make with Jesus, who fasted and was tested in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights. The prophet Hosea says the Lord leads his people...
The Church in Times of Pandemic
There is a saying that goes: “You must never allow a good crisis to go to waste.” Moments of crisis should be moments of reexamination and reevaluation. You probably have the best opportunity of...
Priests: Celebrating Mass Online With No Congregants ‘Odd,’ ‘Weird’
By Mark Pattison – Here is the church, and here is the steeple; Father says Mass, but where are the people? Imagine if you gave a Mass and nobody came. That’s an emerging reality for...
Religious Find Inventive Techniques Of Caring For Community In Isolation
By Chaz Muth – As people throughout the U.S. self-isolate and retreat from daily life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, priests and women religious have become beacons of hope globally as they mobilize in unconventional...
Bishop Sipuka: Look at Root Causes of Femicide
By Magdalene Kahiu – AS South Africa struggles to curb alarming rates of gender-based killings targeting women and girls, a bishop has highlighted the need to identify the root cause of violence targeting women for...
Is Devil Using New Virus To Cause Us To Doubt?
Earl Smiles, Klerksdorp – At a Lenten lecture in the cathedral in Klerksdorp, Fr Don Bohé OMI repeated a much-loved phrase of his: “Mass is non-negotiable.” Because Jesus is present at the Mass. It...
South African Jesuit: Informal Settlements ‘Perfect Storm’ For COVID-19
By Bronwen Dachs – Africa’s informal settlements, where running water is scarce, make for a “perfect storm” as COVID-19 spreads through the continent, said a prominent South African Jesuit. In these crowded settlements on the...
Deacon-Physician Says Everyone Can Help Limit Spread Of Coronavirus
By Rick Snizek – While the coronavirus has created an upheaval in the daily routines of people around the world, there are ways to minimise the spread of the illness, said a physician who serves...
South African Church Reacts to Covid-19
*This updated article replaces the lead in the print issue of this week’s Southern Cross and features in the digital edition – Subscribe to receive The Southern Cross With confirmed cases of the coronavirus,...
Keeping My Faith With Anxiety
By Felicity Harrison I have spent most of my adult life trying to keep my depression “under control”. In the last year I have increasingly added anxiety to the mix as well. I’m on...
