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Pope Francis walks to his seat during a meeting with bishops from South Africa at the Vatican April 25. The bishops were making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican to report on the status of their dioceses in 2014. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
FaithDispatches
The Southern Cross—South Africa’s only Catholic publication since 1920
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
The newspaper carries both local and international church news and has been published in English since 1920.
Students demonstrate for lowered university fees in Johannesburg.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
President Zuma’s antics threatens ANC legacy
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
New scandals call in to question the state of South Africa's democracy 20 years after Mandela.
South African Police attempt to control widespread xenophobic attacks
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Xenophobic violence in South Africa
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Church and civil organizations are working to bring relief to victims.
Politics & SocietyOf Other Things
Slumming
Michael Rossmann, S.J.
Two different responses to racial inequality and isolation in South Africa.
Mandela remembered in Pakistan
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
More reaction to Mandela’s passing
Kevin Clarke
As South Africans prepared to bury Nelson Mandela on December 6, tributes from around the world began pouring in, acclaiming a man who brought South Africa back from the brink of revolution and through a slow, sometimes painful process of reconciliation.
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