History – The Southern Cross

How Belgium’s Catholic king led nation through WWI and its darkest days

By CNS / November 28, 2022

By Andrew Fowler, CNS – In 1914, in the early months of World War I, Belgium suffered immense turmoil and devastation […]

By Editor / January 28, 2022

Dear Reader, This month marks 25 years since abortion became legal in South Africa. Our readers, of course, need not

By Admin / September 5, 2021

Question: A friend claims that William Shakespeare was a Catholic? I had not heard that before. Is it true? Answer:

On a brightly-lit Tuesday morning, a cautiously optimistic city dweller left the potholed roads that wind through urban life for

By Admin / July 24, 2021

Priest on political trial Fr Dominic Scholten OP, secretary-general of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has pleaded not guilty

Your faithful columnist popped over from Durban to Cape Town in April and shared a round of coffee with

By admin / December 21, 2020

The January edition of The Southern Cross features an article on the 70th anniversary of Pope Pius XII establishing the

By Chris Townsend / February 12, 2019

Holidays are a great time to chill, relax and have a chance to allow your mind to wonder. I am

A memoir by a Catholic author about growing up under apartheid has been a surprise bestseller in South Africa this