Perspectives – The Southern Cross https://www.scross.co.za Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:23:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Why Church Won’t Allow Remarriage https://www.scross.co.za/2026/09/why-church-wont-allow-remarriage/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:22:54 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=90430 Question: Why is the Catholic Church so stubborn in refusing to revise its stance against divorce, and not allowing couples […]

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]]> Do I Forgive? 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time https://www.scross.co.za/2026/09/do-i-forgive-23rd-sunday-in-ordinary-time/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:40:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=90241 Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB,  Twenty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A Sermon And Christian Act In The Word Theme: Fraternal Correction! […]

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]]> Diplomacy and Creation https://www.scross.co.za/2026/09/diplomacy-and-creation/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 03:16:09 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=90261 Dear Reader, Do you remember loadshedding? One of the people we may thank for bringing that nightmare to an end […]

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]]> ‘Season of Creation’ – everything and everyone is connected! https://www.scross.co.za/2026/09/season-of-creation-everything-and-everyone-is-connected-2/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:55:20 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=90255 About 1,600 years ago, the brilliant Doctor of the Church St Ambrose admonished those of wealth who clung to their […]

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]]> Brother Clarence Watts: Vocation to tell the Story of Faith https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/brother-clarence-watts-vocation-to-tell-the-story-of-faith/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:38:01 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=90117 For Salesian Brother Clarence Watts, the social communications apostolate is a central part of his vocation. He told Daluxolo Moloantoa […]

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]]> Lesotho’s Princess Senate Mohato Seeiso appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/lesothos-princess-senate-mohato-seeiso-appointed-undp-goodwill-ambassador/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:57:47 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=90100  Her Royal Highness Princess Senate Mohato Seeiso has been appointed as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Lesotho National Goodwill […]

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]]> Veteran CMA Stalwart & Batswana Royal Laid to Rest https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/veteran-cma-stalwart-batswana-royal-laid-to-rest/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:37:13 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=90051  Mr Amos Monki Motsepe is remembered as a man whose faith was expressed quietly through service. His funeral was held […]

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]]> Don’t Flee from God: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/dont-flee-from-god-22nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:28:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=89951 Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB,  Twenty-Second Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A Sermon And Christian Act In The Word Theme: Fleeing from […]

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]]> Shrines around the World: Notre-Dame du Cap, Canada https://www.scross.co.za/2026/08/shrines-around-the-world-notre-dame-du-cap-canada/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:19:28 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=89959 Where’s that? In Canada’s Québec province. Our Lady’s connection: Intercession in construction of a church. In the 1870s, Fr Luc […]

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