Be a Neighbour: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time – Year C Sermon And Christian Act In The Word Theme: Be a Neighbour and Be...
Perspectives
Some Famous Benedictines
There have been 17 Benedictine popes — and none of them took the name Benedict. The first of them was Pope St Gregory the Great (590-604). Gregory...
Catholic Men’s Association Launches at St Josephs, Oukasie in Brits
In a heartfelt ceremony enriched by beautiful music and singing, the Catholic Men’s Association (CMA) welcomed six new members into its fold on July 6 at St...
Shrines around the World: Our Lady of Africa, Algeria
Where’s that: Algiers, the capital of mainly Muslim Algeria. Our Lady’s connection: A statue of Mary as a black woman. Our Lady of Africa calls us to...
Pray with the Pope: Learn to Discern
Intention: Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away...
Leo XIV: The First Pop Age Pope
Dear Reader, With this issue we welcome our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. The long turnaround of printing and distributing The Southern Cross meant that our June...
Total Dependence on God: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C Sermon and Christian Act in the Word Theme: Total Dependence on God! Take Nothing on...
Why Didn’t Everybody Believe in the Resurrection?
Question: Why was something so amazing like the resurrection of Christ not enough to convert all the people of Jerusalem and beyond, including the Jewish and Roman...
Sheldon Reddiar: Teacher with a Camera
Readers of The Southern Cross will have seen many of his photos, and on Facebook his collection of images from high-profile Church events in Johannesburg are always...
Attacking Iran fails to meet Catholic ‘just-war’ teaching
By US-based Tony Magliano – The bombings of Iran by Israel and the United States are clearly immoral when weighed against Catholic doctrine regarding war. According to...
