Perspectives – The Southern Cross https://www.scross.co.za Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:02:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 A Surprisingly Hopeful Dialogue with AI https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/a-surprisingly-hopeful-dialogue-with-ai/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:32:23 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=89719 In today’s world where technology – especially artificial intelligence (AI) – is moving at lightning speed, Pope Leo, in his […]

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]]> Rose Calaca: The Vocation to Educate https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/rose-calaca-the-vocation-to-educate/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:34:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=89668 For Rosa Calaca, head of the Catholic Schools Office in Johannesburg, involvement in education is a vocation that can be […]

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]]> Who Am I, and Who’s AI? https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/who-am-i-and-whos-ai/ Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:58:57 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=89657 Faced with the 38000 words of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — not to mention the 225 footnotes — I […]

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]]> Where Mary was Assumed into Heaven https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/where-mary-was-assumed-into-heaven/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:25:42 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=83468 To mark this year’s 76th anniversary of Pope Pius XII declaring the Assumption of Our Lady a dogma in 1950, […]

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]]> One in Christ: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/one-in-christ-20th-sunday-in-ordinary-time/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:20:26 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=89623 Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB,  The Twentieth Sunday Of Ordinary Time, Year A Sermon And Christian Act In The Word […]

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]]> Full of Grace: The Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Mary https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/full-of-grace-the-assumption-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=89627 Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB,  The Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Year A Sermon And Christian Act In The […]

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]]> Four women honoured with St Catherine of Siena Appreciation Awards https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/four-women-honoured-with-st-catherine-of-siena-appreciation-awards/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:59:26 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=89603 Four women whose work has made a difference in healthcare, community development, women’s rights and education were honoured by the […]

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]]> Do Not Fear: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/do-not-fear-19th-sunday-in-ordinary-time/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:18:09 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=89227 Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB,  Nineteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A Sermon And Christian Act In The Word Theme: “Do not […]

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]]> The insanity of possessing nuclear weapons https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/the-insanity-of-possessing-nuclear-weapons-2/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 03:36:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=89016 Wars have always caused needless suffering, destruction and death. But 81 years ago, the hell of war reached a new […]

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