Mass Readings: 25 February – 4 March, 2018
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekday Cycle 2 Sunday, February 25, 2nd Sunday of Lent Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18, Psalms 116:10,...
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Cartoon of the Week: The Long Beads
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We have...
Pray for Africa Today
Pope Francis has declared February 23 a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Africa, especially for the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.
Billy Graham Recalled for Deep Faith and his Invitation to All to Know Christ
The Rev. Billy Graham was “a preacher of God’s word not only in his sermons, but also in the very life he lived,” said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Where Cows are Worth More than People
What is more important: a human being or a cow? While this may sound like a silly and irrational question, the sad situation on the ground in much of my Nigerian homeland is that innocent human beings are being slaughtered so that cattle can graze on their land.
Our Pope Seeks Mercy, Not Division
Antonio Tonin, East London – It is with some sadness that I read in JH Goossens’ letter that he finds Pope Francis’ exhortation Amoris Laetitia in contradiction of the Church’s teaching.
If the Shoe Fits…Get Funding and Donate It!
When a group of young Catholics noticed that many children don’t have shoes to wear to school, they decided to act. The Young Roman Catholic Men’s Union in Port Elizabeth started a project in 2015 to provide poor children with free school shoes…
The Lent Lily
“In western countries the daffodil is associated with spring festivals such as Lent and its successor Easter. In Germany the...
Pope: Stop Payday Loan Sharks’ Trade
Usury is a grave sin that must be fought by building more just and humane economic and financial systems as well as by teaching people to live within their means, Pope Francis said.
