We Need A Child-Centred South Africa
In the midst of the political muddle that is South Africa, we need to re-vision a defining ideal. Part of...
Perspectives
Pope Paul’s Encyclical, King’s Speech – More Relevant than Ever
US-based Tony Magliano looks at two men whose love for the people is evidenced in their writings… Fifty years ago,...
The Sites of Holy Week in Jerusalem
In February GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER made a private visit to the Holy Land. In the fourth of a series of six...
The Revealing Diary of a British Trooper
Thomas J Lucas, a trooper in the Cape Mountain Rifles of the Cape Colony during the mid-19th century, kept a...
Fixing Up Our Holiest Churches
In February, Southern Cross editor GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER made a private visit to the Holy Land. In the third of a series...
Pray with the Pope: April 2017 – Call to Priesthood
Prayer Intention: That young people may respond generously to their vocations and seriously consider offering themselves to God in the...
What to Say to a Pregnant Teenager?
I felt disturbed at how little focus there appeared to be on the issue of abortion in February when the...
Paul VI’s Message to SA
March 26 marks the 50th anniversary of Populorum Progressio—and it’s a great reason for the Church across South Africa to...
Walking in the Footsteps of Migrants
US-based Tony Magliano walked where desperate migrants have walked… Recently I was given a unique opportunity to taste some of...
