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		<title>Equality Before God: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmanuel Suntheni OSB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emmanuel Suntheni OSB]]></category>
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		<title>Pope’s Catechesis on Gaudium et Spes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="420" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Audience-16-Sept-2026-420x420.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Audience-16-Sept-2026-420x420.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Audience-16-Sept-2026-744x744.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Audience-16-Sept-2026-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Audience-16-Sept-2026-600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Audience-16-Sept-2026-120x120.jpg 120w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Audience-16-Sept-2026.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Pope Leo XIV, General Audience, Wednesday, 16 September 2026 Dear brothers and sisters, in our continuing catechesis on the Second [&#8230;]
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		<title>The Piling Bodies in Ekurhuleni: Examination of Conscience</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fr Mathibela Sebothoma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="420" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Stop-Violence-420x420.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Stop Violence Against Women" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Stop-Violence-420x420.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Stop-Violence-744x744.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Stop-Violence-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Stop-Violence-600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Stop-Violence-120x120.jpg 120w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Stop-Violence.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Eight women. Eight bodies. Roughly two months. That is enough to make any decent human being stop and ask: What [&#8230;]
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		<title>150th Jubilee of the Sisters of St Joseph-Hyacinthe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bokang Tsoanamatsie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="279" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/hyacinthe2-420x279.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="150th Jubilee of the Sisters of St Joseph-Hyacinthe" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/hyacinthe2-420x279.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/hyacinthe2-744x495.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/hyacinthe2-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/hyacinthe2.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />The atmosphere at St Augustine’s Major Seminary in Roma, Lesotho,&#160;was one of deep gratitude and spiritual elation as the community [&#8230;]
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