Catholic Church Bicentenary Celebrations at Bellville Velodrome
The bicentenary celebrations at the Bellville Velodrome on June 24 at 2:00pm are the culmination of a year-long jubilee to...
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Pope: Aborting Children with Birth Defects is like Nazi Eugenics Programme
Pope Francis denounced the practice of administering prenatal tests to determine birth defects that often lead to abortions, comparing it to the Nazi-era eugenics program that determined what lives were worth keeping or eliminating.
Out of this World: Vatican’s Care for Creation includes Final Frontier
From Pope Gregory XIII’s observational tower built in the Vatican Gardens in the 16th century so celestial studies could aid the reform of the calendar to Pope Leo XIII, who officially re-founded the Vatican Observatory in the late 19th century, popes have kept their eyes fixed on the heavens.
Mass Readings: 24 June – 1 July, 2018
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekday Cycle 2 Sunday, June 24, Birth of St John the Baptist Isaiah 49:1-6, Psalm 139:1-3,...
This Week’s Issue: 20 June – 26 June, 2018
» Peter & Paul: Two pillars of the Church » Church History: Jesuit Father Guy Tachard » Cry of the...
Congratulations Winston and Muriel Maritz!
Winston and Muriel Maritz of Cape Town are preparing to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. They married on June 22,...
Cartoon of the Week: Scratching Altar Boy
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We...
Worldwide Study Shows People Are Losing their Faith
A study by the Pew Research Center found that young adults worldwide are generally less religious than older adults by a variety of measures.
Difficult, But Necessary Conversations
South Africa needs a process to find healing and forgiveness, to be transformed by one another, and together find solutions...
