Church unites in killing fields Following political assassinations in the Richmond area in KwaZulu-Natal’s Midlands which have claimed 30 lives, […]
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The Southern Cross every day For five days, The Southern Cross published a daily edition to cover the great Eucharistic
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The pope is dead Pope Pius XI died on Friday, February 10, at 5:31am (Roman time) after a third heart
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Death of Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV died on January 22 at the age of 67. “The short seven
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SA’s first (and only) papal Mass Pope John Paul II made his long-awaited first visit to South Africa, culminating in
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Record crowd for papal coronation A quarter of a million people, the greatest number ever to witness a papal coronation,
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Now ANC must deliver The African National Congress’ landslide victory in this month’s elections could be a good thing if the
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Pope on end to war in Europe In a radio broadcast marking the end of the world war in Europe,
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Hero honour for Jo’burg man Francis Drake, a parishioner of St Francis church in Yeoville, Johannesburg, has been awarded the
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