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	<title type="text">The Southern Cross</title>
	<subtitle type="text">Southern Africa&#039;s Catholic Magazine</subtitle>

	<updated>2026-09-08T04:23:56Z</updated>

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		<author>
			<name>Michael Shackleton</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Church Won’t Allow Remarriage]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.scross.co.za/?p=90430</id>
		<updated>2026-09-08T04:23:56Z</updated>
		<published>2026-09-08T04:22:54Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.scross.co.za" term="Church Teaching" /><category scheme="https://www.scross.co.za" term="Question &amp; Answer" /><category scheme="https://www.scross.co.za" term="Shackleton" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="630" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Divorce-Remarriage-420x630.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Divorce-&amp;-Remarriage" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Divorce-Remarriage-420x630.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Divorce-Remarriage.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Question: Why is the Catholic Church so stubborn in refusing to revise its stance against divorce, and not allowing couples [&#8230;]
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		<author>
			<name>James Katende</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Birth of Virgin Mary]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.scross.co.za/?p=82442</id>
		<updated>2026-09-08T04:01:56Z</updated>
		<published>2026-09-08T03:06:07Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.scross.co.za" term="Feast Days" /><category scheme="https://www.scross.co.za" term="Mary" /><category scheme="https://www.scross.co.za" term="Our Lady" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="525" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Nativity-of-the-BVM-2026-420x525.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Nativity-of-the-BVM-2026-420x525.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Nativity-of-the-BVM-2026-744x930.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Nativity-of-the-BVM-2026-768x960.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Nativity-of-the-BVM-2026.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Today we celebrate the most sacred and glorious birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the one chosen by God to [&#8230;]
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Southern Cross</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Pope: The Debt of Mutual Love]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.scross.co.za/?p=90425</id>
		<updated>2026-09-08T02:34:49Z</updated>
		<published>2026-09-08T02:34:45Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.scross.co.za" term="Pope Leo XIV" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="420" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Leo-Angelus-6-September-420x420.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Leo-Angelus-6-September-420x420.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Leo-Angelus-6-September-744x744.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Leo-Angelus-6-September-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Leo-Angelus-6-September-600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Leo-Angelus-6-September-120x120.jpg 120w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Pope-Leo-Angelus-6-September.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Pope Leo XIV, Angelus, St Peter&#8217;s Square, Sunday, 6 September August 2026 Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday! The word [&#8230;]
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Southern Cross</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Blessed Gérard’s Marks 30 Years of Faith and Care in Mandeni]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.scross.co.za/?p=90421</id>
		<updated>2026-09-08T02:05:42Z</updated>
		<published>2026-09-08T01:48:56Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.scross.co.za" term="Charity" /><category scheme="https://www.scross.co.za" term="Christian Living" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="280" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cardinal-Napier-preaching-420x280.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving presided over by His Eminence Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cardinal-Napier-preaching-420x280.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cardinal-Napier-preaching-744x496.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cardinal-Napier-preaching-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cardinal-Napier-preaching.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />The Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard celebrated the 30th anniversary of Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre and Church on September 6, honouring [&#8230;]
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