Magliano – The Southern Cross https://www.scross.co.za Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine Sat, 30 May 2026 03:47:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas Highlights Catholic Social Teaching https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/pope-leos-magnifica-humanitas-highlights-catholic-social-teaching/ Sat, 30 May 2026 03:47:46 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=86702 Catholic Social Teaching – little known, seldom preached, under taught (even in seminaries), and rarely applied to the life and […]

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]]> Pope Leo’s first year: ‘Unarmed and disarming … No one is excluded from God’s love!’ https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/pope-leos-first-year-unarmed-and-disarming-no-one-is-excluded-from-gods-love/ Mon, 11 May 2026 05:50:18 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=85608 By Tony Magliano – Some of the places God loves to hide, awaiting us to discover him, are those places […]

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]]> Remembering Pope Francis: The Conscience for the World! https://www.scross.co.za/2026/04/remembering-pope-francis-the-conscience-for-the-world/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:18:50 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=85208 By Tony Magliano  – As I write, it is the first anniversary of the passing of our beloved Pope Francis. On […]

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]]> During Global Prayer Vigil for Peace, Pope Leo urges us to stop making war https://www.scross.co.za/2026/04/during-global-prayer-vigil-for-peace-pope-leo-urges-us-to-stop-making-war/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:01:10 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84941 By Tony Magliano – With a palpable sense of urgency to the immense suffering, death, and destruction caused by the numerous […]

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]]> Sent to Bring Christ’s Peace https://www.scross.co.za/2026/04/sent-by-risen-jesus-to-bring-his-peace-to-our-violent-world/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:09:26 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84801 By Tony Magliano – “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the […]

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]]> ‘Ceasefire!’ https://www.scross.co.za/2026/03/ceasefire/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 03:41:36 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84728 By Tony Magliano – Lamenting the suffering being experienced by people throughout the Middle East caused by the horrific violence of war, […]

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]]> Just Wars Do Not Exist – Including This One https://www.scross.co.za/2026/03/just-wars-do-not-exist-including-this-one/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:53:13 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84591 By US-based Tony Magliano – The new Iran-U.S.-Israeli war – like all wars – is a hellish nightmare where violence feeds […]

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]]> The Winter Olympics gave us a glimpse of global solidarity https://www.scross.co.za/2026/02/the-winter-olympics-gave-us-a-glimpse-of-global-solidarity/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:39:18 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84390 By US-based Tony Magliano – It was a colourful scene watching the athletes of the 2026 Winter Olympics march in […]

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]]> Lent Urges Us to Venture from Darkness into the Light https://www.scross.co.za/2026/02/lent-urges-us-to-venture-from-darkness-into-the-light/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 03:10:31 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84152 By Tony Magliano – With dust-like ashes crossed upon our foreheads, each one of us is firmly presented with Ash Wednesday’s […]

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