Vatican’s 2025: Year brings new pope, Focus on Unity and Peace
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – For the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the […]
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Reflection on the Year 2025: The Catholic Church in South Africa
By James Katende – The year 2025 has been a deeply complex and defining season for the Catholic Church in
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Southern Cross January 2026 Cover
This month we mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Southern African Hierarchy by Pope Pius XII, a
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As Holy Doors close, cardinals emphasise God’s arms are always open
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The path to conversion, the door to God’s mercy and the call to live in
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Archdiocese of Johannesburg Closes Jubilee Year at Christ the King Cathedral
By Kati Dijane, Photos: Sheldon Reddiar – The Jubilee Year of Hope in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg came to a
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Imagining a Better World this New Year
By Tony Magliano – The world is a wonderful place. Our God is so good in giving it to us. But
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Woman & the Church: Why the Church Will Not Ordain Women
By Jason Scott – Recently, a Vatican study commission voted definitively against ordaining women as deacons. The decision followed years
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What the Pope Said Over Christmas
Jason Scott’s weekly review of Pope Leo XIV’s audiences – Friday, 19 December: To Young People of Italian Catholic Action
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Brian Bishop: An Apostle of Justice
Forty years ago, Catholic anti-apartheid activist Brian Bishop died in a traffic collision, alongside fellow activist Molly Blackburn. Here we
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