Vatican’s 2025: Year brings new pope, Focus on Unity and Peace
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – For the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the...
Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine
Reflection on the Year 2025: The Catholic Church in South Africa
By James Katende – The year 2025 has been a deeply complex and defining season for the Catholic Church in...
Southern Cross January 2026 Cover
This month we mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Southern African Hierarchy by Pope Pius XII, a...
As Holy Doors close, cardinals emphasise God’s arms are always open
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The path to conversion, the door to God’s mercy and the call to live in...
Archdiocese of Johannesburg Closes Jubilee Year at Christ the King Cathedral
By Kati Dijane, Photos: Sheldon Reddiar – The Jubilee Year of Hope in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg came to a...
Imagining a Better World this New Year
By Tony Magliano – The world is a wonderful place. Our God is so good in giving it to us. But...
Woman & the Church: Why the Church Will Not Ordain Women
By Jason Scott – Recently, a Vatican study commission voted definitively against ordaining women as deacons. The decision followed years...
What the Pope Said Over Christmas
Jason Scott’s weekly review of Pope Leo XIV’s audiences – Friday, 19 December: To Young People of Italian Catholic Action...
Brian Bishop: An Apostle of Justice
Forty years ago, Catholic anti-apartheid activist Brian Bishop died in a traffic collision, alongside fellow activist Molly Blackburn. Here we...
