From Our Vaults: Special Eucharistic Prayer
Eucharistic Prayer written especially for The Southern Cross by Msg Friedrich Carl Kolbe dated 5 June 1929
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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