The Southern Cross

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Did Jesus Tell Us to Ignore the Poor? - Question: When Jesus says, "The poor will always be among us", is he giving up on solving the problem of poverty and telling us to focus on other pressing matters? Read the answer-->> scross.co.za/2026/03/did-je…

Prayer for the 5th Sunday of Lent🙏 Almost there...

Emmanuel Suntheni OSB: Those who walk in the Spirit and respond to Jesus with faith will also experience God's voice calling the dead out of the graves and out of mortality to new life.🙏 scross.co.za/2026/03/gods-c…

Every month, The Southern Cross features a Marian shrine! In 1933, the Blessed Virgin appeared 33 times to five children in the village of Beauraing, in Belgium. 🙏 Here's the beautiful shrine dedicated to these apparitions and Our Lady of Beauraing-->> scross.co.za/2026/03/shrine…

Why does the Neocatechumenal Way have its own seminary? - Question: The Neocatechumenal Way is neither a prelature nor an ordinariate, so how come they have their own seminaries? Read the answer -->>scross.co.za/2026/03/why-do…

Today is the Feast of St Joseph, husband of Mary and foster father of Jesus. He is the patron of fathers, families and workers🙏

4th-century bishop of Jerusalem, St Cyril is one of our Saints of the Month for March. This saint is the patron of Catechists and Catechumen🙏

Today is the Feast of the much-loved St Patrick, missionary and primary patron saint of Ireland. Pray for us🙏. Read about his life-->> scross.co.za/2026/03/st-pat…

How's your Lenten Season going?🙏

Archbishop Sipuka Takes Possession of St Mary’s Cathedral - explains meaning behind Coat of Arms symbols scross.co.za/2026/03/archbi…

Bishop Sithembele Sipuka was installed as the 11th Bishop and 5th Archbishop of Cape Town before a congregation that filled the venue. The Mass was richly multilingual throughout - a living enactment of the new Archbishop's motto, United and Sent. scross.co.za/2026/03/archbi…

Prayer for the 4th Sunday of Lent, Laetare or Rejoice Sunday🙏

Today, the fourth Sunday of Lent, we are invited to look at how we see ourselves and others. We live in a world where we are not viewed through God's lens. We judge and are judged through our external appearances and perceivable accomplishments. scross.co.za/2026/03/laetar…

Archbishop of Cape Town Sithembele Sipuka: "God continues raising prophets. All will be well if everybody plays their prophetic role — singathuli izinto zisonakala! Do not keep quiet while things get spoiled." 👼 Photos: Gunther Simmermacher. Read more-->> scross.co.za/2026/03/new-ca…

The Leadership Conference of Consecrated Life held its AGM with 60 Religious participating including Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Jagodzinski, Archbishop Slattery OFM and Bishop Vusimuzi Francis Mazibuko OMI.👼 scross.co.za/2026/03/consec…

We are one day away from halfway through Lent! 🙏

In 1925, Pope Pius XI declared St Frances of Rome the patron saint of automobile drivers, even though she was born half a millennium before cars. Why? Because a legend had it that an angel lit the road ahead of St Frances when she was travelling. scross.co.za/2026/03/st-fra…

Prayer for the 3rd Sunday of Lent🙏

Emmanuel Suntheni OSB: The thirst for God, and longing for life is written in every human heart. In the Gospel of today, Jesus offers himself as the water that can quench that deep thirst in every one of us scross.co.za/2026/03/jesus-…