Book Investigates the Lynching of SA Nun
BLOODY SUNDAY: The Nun, the Defiance Campaign and South Africa’s Secret Massacre, by Mignonne Breier. Tafelberg, Cape Town (2021). 285pp. Reviewed […]
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Church Religious Life
The Monastic Mystery
There are numerous ways of living the Christian life and each of us is called to a particular way. For
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Church Obituaries Religious Life
Christian Brother Jerome McCarthy, Rest in Peace
Obituary by Br Michael Burke CFC – Christian Brother Jerome McCarthy died peacefully in Boksburg, the town where he grew up
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History in Colour: Abbot Francis Pfanner
A snapshot from the past, colourised exclusively for The Southern Cross Abbot Francis Pfanner outside the first “abbey” at Mariannhill
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Christian Living Church Religious Life
New Species of Owl Named After Nun
By Lise Alves – Researchers from Brazil, Finland and the United States recently discovered a new species of screech owl
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Church Religious Life
You Chose Me: Three Young Men Join Pallottine Community
By Br Lindani Maxwell Mzelemu Special days are to be remembered always. On the 7th of May 2021, it was
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Christian Living Church Religious Life
A Day in the Life: Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
Smiling behind their bushy beards, the grey-frocked Franciscan Friars of the Renewal served up Easter brunch for the homeless once
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Church Religious Life
Women Religious Fight Vaccine Scepticism
The head of the health task force for the Vatican’s COVID-19 commission says women religious have the opportunity and duty
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Christian Living Church Pope Francis Religious Life
Pope Tells Nuns: Be a Consoling Presence for Suffering
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The experience of tragedy and loss can help Christians become a consoling presence for others
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