SACBC’s Khanya House staff celebrate Church’s 200 years
Staff members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) head office, Khanya House in Pretoria, celebrated 200 years of the Catholic Church in Southern Africa.
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Pope: Confirmation Gives Catholics Strength to be Led by God
Everyone who has received the sacrament of confirmation has received the gift of the Holy Spirit, who guides them and gives them the strength to follow God’s will, Pope Francis said.
Prof Jan Jans at St Francis Xavier Seminary
During his visit to South Africa, Dutch moral theologian Professor Jan Jans gave a lecture on the Second Vatican Council...
Cartoon of the Week: Eternal Walkies
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We have...
This Week’s Issue: 23 May – 29 May, 2018
WITH 12-PAGE EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT » Pope given statue of Our Lady of Ngome » Fr Rolheiser is coming to SA...
Priests Need Early Public Speech Coaching
On the subject of preaching I have a strong opinion which I have voiced in “private” more than once: Good preaching starts with speech coaching at a very basic level at the beginning of the priest’s formation.
Mass Readings: 27 May – 3 June, 2018
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekday Cycle 2 Sunday, May 27, Trinity Sunday Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40, Psalm 33:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22,...
Engaged Encounter Now in eSwatini!
After 40 years of existence, the Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE) programme has spread its wings to eSwatini, and now covers the whole pastoral region of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
Pope: Church is a Mother, not a Bachelor
The church must “remain female” and “have this attitude of a wife and mother” who nurtures her children, the pope said in his homily during a morning Mass commemorating the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church.
