Mass Readings: 3 November – 10 November, 2024
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year II Sunday November 3, All Saints Rv 7: 2-4. 9-14/ Ps 24: 1b-2. 3-4ab. 5-6/ 1 Jn 3: 1-3/...
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year II Sunday November 3, All Saints Rv 7: 2-4. 9-14/ Ps 24: 1b-2. 3-4ab. 5-6/ 1 Jn 3: 1-3/...
Question: Could one make a confession over Zoom or other Internet services? Answer: The short answer is: No. The Church teaches that sacramental confession and absolution require...
About us / Church / Editorials 2024 / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published October 29, 2024
Dear Reader, In every edition of The Southern Cross, we look back at various times in the past, in regular items such as the Saint of the...
By Kati Dijane – The Diocese of Witbank celebrated its 100-year anniversary at Emalahleni Civic Centre with over 3 000 guests including young and old religious and...
Bishops / Church / Church History
by Admin · Published October 29, 2024 · Last modified October 28, 2024
Celebrations of the 70th anniversary of Bishop Fritz Lobinger’s ordination to the priesthood will kick off in January. Here Bishop Joseph Kizito pays tribute to one of...
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Two days after opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis will travel to...
Cardinal Stephen Brislin, 68, has been appointed the new archbishop of Johannesburg, succeeding retiring Archbishop Buti Tlhagale. The announcement of the resignation of Archbishop Tlhagale, 76, and...
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – After members of the Synod of Bishops approved their final document, Pope Francis announced that he would not write the customary post-synodal...
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Three years after he asked the world’s Catholics to walk together in faith on a synodal journey, Pope Francis said that the...
Church / Church History / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published October 26, 2024 · Last modified October 25, 2024
The transfiguration took place on Mount Tabor in Galilee. On the centenary of the Franciscan church on the mount, Günther Simmermacher looks at its location, history and...
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