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		<title>The Blood that Fed the Fruit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Raymond Perrier]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="420" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/June16-Perrier-420x420.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Hector Pietersen Memorial" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/June16-Perrier-420x420.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/June16-Perrier-744x744.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/June16-Perrier-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/June16-Perrier-600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/June16-Perrier-120x120.jpg 120w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/June16-Perrier.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />An anniversary is a great opportunity to reflect. That means looking backwards but also looking at the present and looking [&#8230;]
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		<title>How Belgium&#8217;s Catholic king led nation through WWI and its darkest days</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 04:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Fowler, CNS &#8211; In 1914, in the early months of World War I, Belgium suffered immense turmoil and devastation [&#8230;]
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		<title>Southern Cross Editor: The Day My Knees Shook</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2022/01/southern-cross-editor-the-day-my-knees-shook/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, This month marks 25 years since abortion became legal in South Africa. Our readers, of course, need not [&#8230;]
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		<title>Was William Shakespeare a Catholic?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Southern Cross]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2021 06:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="220" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shakepearCatholic-420x220.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shakepearCatholic-420x220.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shakepearCatholic-744x389.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shakepearCatholic-768x402.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shakepearCatholic-720x377.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shakepearCatholic-520x272.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shakepearCatholic-320x167.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shakepearCatholic-600x314.jpg 600w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/shakepearCatholic.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Question: A friend claims that William Shakespeare was a Catholic? I had not heard that before. Is it true? Answer: [&#8230;]
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		<title>The Peace I Found at Ngome</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nthabiseng Maphisa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On a brightly-lit Tuesday morning, a cautiously optimistic city dweller left the potholed roads that wind through urban life for [&#8230;]
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		<title>From Our Vaults 44 Years Ago: July 24, 1977</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Southern Cross]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 03:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="220" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/24July1977-e1705515743767-420x220.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/24July1977-e1705515743767-420x220.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/24July1977-e1705515743767-520x272.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/24July1977-e1705515743767-320x167.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/24July1977-e1705515743767.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Priest on political trial Fr Dominic Scholten OP, secretary-general of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has pleaded not guilty [&#8230;]
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		<title>Historical statues: Who’ll be the fall guys?</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2021/06/wholl-be-the-fall-guys/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Raymond Perrier]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Your faithful columnist popped over from Durban to Cape Town in April and shared a round of coffee with [&#8230;]
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		<title>The SA Bishops in 1976</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2020/12/sa-bishops-in-1976/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Bishops]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="257" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SACBC_1976-420x257.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SACBC_1976-420x257.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SACBC_1976-744x455.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SACBC_1976-1200x735.jpg 1200w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SACBC_1976-768x470.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SACBC_1976-720x441.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SACBC_1976-520x318.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SACBC_1976-320x196.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SACBC_1976-600x367.jpg 600w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SACBC_1976.jpg 1400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />The January edition of The Southern Cross features an article on the 70th anniversary of Pope Pius XII establishing the [&#8230;]
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		<title>Why We Need to Revisit the Past</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2019/02/why-we-need-to-revisit-the-past/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Townsend]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Holidays are a great time to chill, relax and have a chance to allow your mind to wonder. I am [&#8230;]
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