From Our Vaults: 86 Years Ago: July 12, 1933
New bishop for Cape Town Bishop Francis Hennemann has been appointed vicar apostolic of the Western Vicariate to succeed Bishop Bernard O’Reilly, who resigned last year. By...
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From Our Vaults: 44 Years Ago: June 27, 1976
Bishop condemns detention, intimidation Bishop John Murphy of Port Elizabeth has condemned the detention of three anti-apartheid activists—Sipho Bothile, Krishna Varma and Dimza Pityana—and the firing of...
From Our Vaults 52 Years Ago: June 12, 1968
Robert F Kennedy, the Catholic Robert F Kennedy, the US presidential candidate who was assassinated on June 4, attended Mass in Pretoria cathedral almost exactly two years...
From Our Vaults: Special Eucharistic Prayer
Eucharistic Prayer written especially for The Southern Cross by Msg Friedrich Carl Kolbe dated 5 June 1929 More Stories: From Our Vaults 30 Years Ago: November 19,...
From Our Vaults 91 Years Ago: June 5, 1929
Eucharistic Congress in Durban The Southern Cross describes the historic Eucharistic Congress in Durban as an “unprecedented pageant of the Royal Christ, a flaming evidence of Catholic...
From Our Vaults 95 Years Ago: May 27, 1925
The first SA-born bishop The first locally-born bishop for South Africa has been appointed by Pope Pius XI as the bishop of the apostolic vicariate of Transvaal....
From Our Vaults 39 Years Ago: May 24, 1981
Pope John Paul II shot Pope John Paul II required a lengthy operation after being shot by Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca. Agca had escaped from jail...
From Our Vaults 75 Years Ago: May 16, 1945
Pope Pius XII on end of the war In a radio broadcast marking the end of World War II in Europe, Pope Pius XII speaks on behalf...
From Our Vaults 68 Years Ago: May 7, 1952
SA gets new patron at Durban congress The Church in South Africa celebrated its dedication to a new patron, Our Lady of the Assumption, with a special...
From Our Vaults 69 Years Ago: April 30, 1951
Southern Cross goes daily Over five days The Southern Cross publishes a daily edition—this one is the last of them—to mark the establishment of the Southern African...
From Our Vaults 60 Years Ago: March 30, 1960
Shock over apartheid massacre Archbishops Denis Hurley and Owen McCann have expressed their shock and concern at the shootings in Sharpeville near Vereeniging and Langa in Cape...
From Our Vaults 82 Years Ago: March 16, 1938
Nazi annexation of Austria Following Nazi Germany’s Anschluss, or annexation of Austria, press reports speak of “a grave concern in the Vatican regarding Hitler’s latest coup, since...
