From Our Vaults 59 Years Ago: June 12, 1963
Previous “From The Vaults” articles and larger images at www.scross.co.za/vaults Who’ll be the next pope? The cardinals of the Church will meet in conclave in the Vatican...
Previous “From The Vaults” articles and larger images at www.scross.co.za/vaults Who’ll be the next pope? The cardinals of the Church will meet in conclave in the Vatican...
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by Admin · Published May 16, 2022 · Last modified June 11, 2022
Previous “From The Vaults” articles and larger images at www.scross.co.za/vaults 30000 at Marian Congress Mass Some 30000 Catholics, including 210 priests and 480 nuns, took part in...
Previous “From The Vaults” articles and larger images at www.scross.co.za/vaults SA reactions to new pope Bishop Oswald Hirmer of Umtata [now Mthatha] has said that newly-elected Pope...
New abortion law resistance Following the legalisation of abortion in February, “reports are streaming in of nurses and doctors who are refusing to perform abortions”, according to...
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by Admin · Published February 24, 2022 · Last modified March 21, 2022
Govt keeps out Swazi bishop Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference president Archbishop Joseph Fitzgerald has protested against the South African government’s decision to refuse Bishop Mandlenkosi Zwane...
See larger images of some of the stories in this issue – 31-year-old bishop for Natal Pope Pius XII has appointed 31-year-old Fr Denis Hurley OMI as...
See larger images of some of the stories in this issue Pretoria’s Sacred Heart opens The new church of the Sacred Heart in Pretoria [now cathedral] was...
Nun killed, mission burnt Dominican Sister Aidan Quinlan, featured on the front-page photo, was murdered by a mob and St Peter Claver mission in Duncan Village in...
See larger images of some of the stories in this issue Irish peace in sight? British Prime Minister Lloyd George reportedly became more open towards the upcoming...
See larger images of some of the stories in this issue The pope in Southern Africa On the front-page, The Southern Cross welcomes Pope John Paul II...
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by Admin · Published August 8, 2021 · Last modified August 5, 2021
See larger images of some of the stories in this issue Cardinal Montini in SA Visiting South Africa, Cardinal Giovanni Montini [the future Pope Paul VI] laid...
Priest on political trial Fr Dominic Scholten OP, secretary-general of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of having owned and/or...
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