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	<title>Theology &#8211; The Southern Cross</title>
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		<title>The Theology of Tea, Coffee and Biscuits</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2026/06/the-theology-of-tea-coffee-and-biscuits/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregory B Stephenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="336" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Theology-of-Tea-and-Coffee-after-Mass-420x336.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Theology-of-Tea-and-Coffee-after-Mass" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Theology-of-Tea-and-Coffee-after-Mass-420x336.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Theology-of-Tea-and-Coffee-after-Mass-744x595.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Theology-of-Tea-and-Coffee-after-Mass-768x614.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Theology-of-Tea-and-Coffee-after-Mass.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Why Coffee After Mass Matters More Than We Think On a trip to Durban, I attended Mass at a church [&#8230;]
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		<title>Book of Selected Works by Fr Albert Nolan Released</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Southern Cross]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 05:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="420" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Albert-Nolan-New-Book2-420x420.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Fr Albert Nolan&#039;s new book &quot;Being Compassionate Contemplatives: Dominican Engagement with the World&quot;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Albert-Nolan-New-Book2-420x420.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Albert-Nolan-New-Book2-744x744.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Albert-Nolan-New-Book2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Albert-Nolan-New-Book2-80x80.jpg 80w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Albert-Nolan-New-Book2-320x320.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Albert-Nolan-New-Book2-720x720.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Albert-Nolan-New-Book2-520x520.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Albert-Nolan-New-Book2-120x120.jpg 120w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Albert-Nolan-New-Book2.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />A new book of selected articles, essays, talks and sermons by renowned South African theologian, priest and activist Fr Albert [&#8230;]
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		<title>Nicaea and synodality: Pope talks about both with patriarch, theologians</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2024/12/nicaea-and-synodality-pope-talks-about-both-with-patriarch-theologians/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CNS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 07:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church Teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pope Francis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="280" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/POPE-THEOLOGIANS-NICAEA-420x280.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/POPE-THEOLOGIANS-NICAEA-420x280.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/POPE-THEOLOGIANS-NICAEA-744x496.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/POPE-THEOLOGIANS-NICAEA-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/POPE-THEOLOGIANS-NICAEA-720x480.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/POPE-THEOLOGIANS-NICAEA-520x347.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/POPE-THEOLOGIANS-NICAEA-320x213.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/POPE-THEOLOGIANS-NICAEA.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />By Cindy Wooden, CNS &#8211; Focusing again on the fundamental Christian beliefs outlined by the Council of Nicaea almost 1,700 [&#8230;]
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		<title>Where Did the Teaching of the Holy Trinity Come From?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Shackleton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2024 06:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Question & Answer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shackleton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="220" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Trinity3-420x220.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trinity" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Trinity3-420x220.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Trinity3-744x389.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Trinity3-768x402.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Trinity3.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />The Holy Trinity is a mystery to the human intelligence yet it is an article of our Christian faith. I [&#8230;]
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		<title>Pope: Church needs theologians who grapple with modern world</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CNS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 12:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="280" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/POPE-THEOLOGY-MINISTRY-420x280.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/POPE-THEOLOGY-MINISTRY-420x280.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/POPE-THEOLOGY-MINISTRY-744x496.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/POPE-THEOLOGY-MINISTRY-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/POPE-THEOLOGY-MINISTRY-720x480.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/POPE-THEOLOGY-MINISTRY-520x347.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/POPE-THEOLOGY-MINISTRY-320x213.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/POPE-THEOLOGY-MINISTRY.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />By Cindy Wooden, CNS &#8211; Because faith in God is not abstract but impacts the way people live and interact [&#8230;]
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		<title>Theology for the People</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2023/02/theology-for-the-people/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Southern Cross]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 03:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEE College]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.scross.co.za/?p=68108</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="280" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Theology1-420x280.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Theology1-420x280.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Theology1-744x496.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Theology1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Theology1-720x480.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Theology1-520x347.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Theology1-320x213.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Theology1.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Have you ever stopped to consider how different your views and ideas would be if you had grown up in [&#8230;]
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		<title>Pope Benedict XVI: Vatican II Was Necessary</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2022/10/pope-benedict-xvi-vatican-ii-was-necessary/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CNS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2022 03:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By CNS &#8212; The Second Vatican Council was &#8220;not only meaningful, but necessary,&#8221; retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a [&#8230;]
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		<title>Retired pope&#8217;s publisher presents him with copy of his first contract</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2021/11/retired-popes-publisher-presents-him-with-copy-of-his-first-contract/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CNS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 07:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[By CNS &#8211; The German publishing company Verlag Herder GmbH has paid tribute to retired Pope Benedict XVI, 94, as its [&#8230;]
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		<title>Pope urges Ratzinger Prize winners to hold fast to truth like Pope Benedict</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2021/11/pope-urges-ratzinger-prize-winners-to-hold-fast-to-truth-like-pope-benedict/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CNS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pope Francis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Cindy Wooden &#8211; Honouring an Australian theologian, a French philosopher and two German theologians, Pope Francis prayed that they [&#8230;]
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