From Our Vaults 19 Years Ago: March 4, 2001
Archbishop Napier becomes a cardinal Presiding over the largest consistory in history, Pope John Paul II created 44 new cardinals. They included Cardinal Wilfrid Napier,...
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From Our Vaults 30 Years Ago: February 25, 1990
SA bishops on Mandela’s release Welcoming the release from prison after 27 years of Nelson Mandela, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference says that “his...
From Our Vaults 98 Years Ago: February 18, 1922
New pope became cardinal last year The election of Cardinal Achilles Ratti of Milan to succeed Pope Benedict XV will not be a surprise...
From Our Vaults 66 Years Ago: February 17, 1954
Cardinal detained in communist jailed Poland’s Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski is reportedly being held in the notorious Lubianka prison in Warsaw where detainees are usually “softened...
From Our Vaults 68 Years Ago: January 31, 1951
New hierarchy for SA The newly-established hierarchy of South Africa will have four metropolitan archdioceses, which will be headed by Archbishops Denis Hurley OMI (Durban),...
From Our Vaults 3 Years Ago: January 25, 2017
Second feast of Bl Benedict Daswa The celebrations of the second feast day of Bl Daswa, on February 1, will be held at Tshitanini village,...
From Our Vaults 84 Years Ago: January 15, 1936
Death of SA’s great Churchman The great Churchman Mgr Frederick Kolbe has died in Cape Town, aged 82. Known to generations of Catholic children as...
From Our Vaults 9 Years Ago: January 5, 2011
Every week for the duration of our 100th year, we dig an old issue of The Southern Cross out of our vaults, and highlight a few...
From Our Vaults December 26, 1999
Every week for the duration of our 100th year, we dig an old issue of The Southern Cross out of our vaults, and highlight a...
From Our Vaults 54 Years Ago: December 22, 1965
The Southern Cross banned! The Rhodesian government has banned The Southern Cross issue of December 8, 1965, which included an article headed “Blank space on...
From Our Vaults 80 Years Ago: December 13, 1939
Every week for the duration of our 100th year, we dig out an old issue of The Southern Cross from our vaults, and highlight a...
From Our Vaults 96 Years Ago: December 5, 1923
Every week for the duration of our 100th year, we dig an old issue of The Southern Cross out of our vaults. Italian friar “Padre...
