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What Cloth Must Go On The Altar?

A sacristan recently told me about a priest who refuses to cover the altar with a full-sized cloth because he […]

As we look upon the life of Jesus we see total coherence; there is an alignment between will, intention, word

Once upon a time, The Southern Cross didn’t want me. In September 1994, I responded to an advertisement in this

Franciscans have a long history of standing at the exits, standing in that gap between us and them, the

Living In The ‘Age Of Anger’ General Intention: We pray that Christians, followers of other religions, and all people of

By Tony Magliano / January 1, 2020

By Tony Magliano – This new year, this new decade, begins much like the past year, the past decade: wars

It was a year in which Church leaders talked tough on abuse, the pope visited our neighbourhood, South Africa was

By Toni Rowland / December 30, 2019

In his latest document, Pope Francis reflected on the Nativity scene. (Photo: Andreas Böhme) December is almost over and we have

It’s that time of the year again. There has been overeating and overshopping. The malls were filled with children and