SOUTH AFRICA. PROLIFE-FRIENDLY CHURCH NEWSPAPER "THE SOUTHERN CROSS" IS SET TO RELAUNCH. CAN YOU HELP?

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SOUTH AFRICA. PROLIFE-FRIENDLY CHURCH NEWSPAPER "THE SOUTHERN CROSS" IS SET TO RELAUNCH. CAN YOU HELP?

SOUTH AFRICA: "THE SOUTHERN CROSS" IS THE DEARLY BELOVED PROLIFE-FRIENDLY CHURCH NEWSPAPER WHICH HAS BROUGHT THE WORD OF GOD TO THE PEOPLE FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 

THE SOUTHERN CROSS SUPPORTS PRO-LIFE
The Southern Cross has always stood for pro-life values, publishing inter alia the following:
2002: The abortion fight, Alleged News [1]
2012: Church takes to the streets on abortion, Alleged News. [2]
- 2016: No ANC, DP free vote on abortion, Alleged News [3]
2016: Abortion won't free women, Church tells parliament, Alleged News [4]
2016: Life after abortion vote, Alleged News [5]
2016: Responding to abortions, Alleged News [6]
2016: How abortion became legal in South Africa, Alleged News [7]
2017: Mater Homes fight abortion by helping women, Alleged News [8]
2018: Marching for life is not enough, Alleged News [9] 
2018: Mass on February 1 to stand up against abortion law, Alleged News [10]
2018: How to be truly pro-life, Alleged News [11]
2018: How to be fully prolife, Alleged News [12]
2018: Defending the unborn at the edge of hell, Alleged News [13]
2018: Priest keeps anti-abortion vigil on Parliament Hill in Canada for nearly 30 years, Alleged News [14]
2019: After the March for Life - keep walking! Alleged News. [15]
2019: Abortion rates point to a crisis in society, Alleged News [16]
2019: Pretoria march to mourn abortion victims since 1997 [17]
2019: Abortion Clinic Head turns pro-life; Alleged News [18]
2019: Rachel's Vineyard - Help after abortion trauma, Alleged News [19]
2019: Catholics join Pretoria Pro-Life rally to protest against abortion [20]
2019: Twitter restricts Mother Teresa abortion quote: CEO can't explain why, Alleged News [21]
2019: Unplanned! The Movie you have to see, Alleged News [22]
2019: Pro-Life Doctor a true professional, Alleged News [23]
2019: Peter Throp, rest in peace, Alleged News [24]
2020: Mater Domini Home nurtures women in crisis pregnancies, Alleged News [25]
2020: Defending the most defenceless, Alleged News [26]
2020: Head of FDA urged to ensure any Covid vaccine be free of abortion connection, Alleged News [27]
2019: Pro-life advocates speak out at Pretoria conference, Alleged News [28] 
2019: SA Doctors refuse to do abortions, Alleged News [29]
2019: The Church opposed abortion from the early days, Alleged News [30]
2020: Voting for life or against life [31]
2020: Row over ejection of pro-lifers at UCT event, Alleged News [32]
2020: Pro-life movie to hit SA screens, Alleged News [33]
2020: Actress: this movie is 'going to change history', Alleged News [34] 
2020: Truth, gore in 'Unplanned' film, Alleged News [35]
2020: Italy's abortion pill rule will 'privatise' abortions, Alleged News [36] 
- The Southern Cross: abortion archives [37]

Respect life! Challenge the culture of death! 
In the October 4, 2019 edition of The Southern Cross, Tony Magliano wrote, "St Pope John Paul II, in his powerful encyclical "Evangelium Vitae" ("The Gospel of Life"), [37b] challengingly said, "How can we fail to consider the violence against life done to millions of human beings, especially children, who are forced into poverty, malnutrition and hunger because of an unjust distribution of resources between peoples and between social classes? 

"And what of violence inherent not only in wars as such, but in the scandalous arms trade, which spawns the many conflicts which stain our world with blood?

"What of the spreading of death caused by reckless tampering with the world's ecological balance?

St John Paul then linked these deadly affronts against life to the lethal attacks upon human beings at life's earliest and final stages - through abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide," Alleged News. [38]

The Southern Cross columns
In its columnist articles and advertising columns, The Southern Cross has carried emphatic pro-life content and advertisements on an ongoing basis. 

Pro-life 1970's
Dr Luky Whittle was a columnist for The Southern Cross in the 1970's and 1980's. Her article published circa 1970's entitled "Neighbourly help for a girl in need" began as follows, 
"Birthright, the agency that helps pregnant women find alternatives to abortion ..." and concluded with "If you could help get this movement started in your community, why not contact the national director of Birthright ..." [39]

Prolife 2020
The Southern Cross advertises Birthright and continues to do so, with the words, "Pregnant? Need help? We care, BIRTHRIGHT. 
072 742 8861 JHB. We welcome prayers, volunteers and donations. www.birthright.co.za" (The Southern Cross, August 19 to August 25, 2020) [40]

Personal advertisements have carried inter the following,
2013: "ABORTION WARNING. The pill can abort (chemical abortion)..." (The Southern Cross, October 16 to October 22, 2013) [41]
2020: "ABORTION WARNING. The truth will convict a silent church. See www.valuelifeabortionisevil.co.za". [42]
 
Retrenchments
Devoted The Southern Cross readers were dismayed at the news that our beloved family newspaper has ground to a halt during the Covid pandemic, leading to the closure of the newspaper just prior to its hundredth birthday in October. 

Holy water was sprinkled on the retrenched staff's brows by Cape Town's Auxiliary Bishop Sylvester David on 29th July 2020, as The Southern Cross readers grieved from Covid-19 isolation. This was part of the farewell blessing for the nine staff who were no longer going to be employees of The Southern Cross, Alleged News. [43]   
 
Forty-seven years dedicated service
They included Ms Pamela Davids, the admin manager who served the newspaper for close to 47 of its 100 years; alleged News. [43] But Ms Davids will continue to serve The Southern Cross, alongside Mr Gunther Simmermacher and online editor Ms Claire Allen to bring out the weekly edition digitally until late September, when The Southern Cross will relaunch as a monthly magazine, Alleged News. [43] 
 
Bishop Sylvester David
In his homily, Bishop David said he had grown up reading The Southern Cross; Alleged News. 

Bishop David had this to say, "At heart, The Southern Cross is a lighthouse that keeps the Good News alive," Alleged News. [43] "The evangelising disciples and St Paul themselves were journalists who recorded the signs and deeds of their times. Their ministry was an early form of social communications, in writing and speaking, to keep families and communities connected in their Christian faith.  

For us, now, keeping The Southern Cross alive in digital and affordable print format would be a valiant mission worth struggling for," Alleged News.  [43] 
 
Archbishop William Slattery
Archbishop Slattery pointed out the sadness of the moment in the history of the church "to learn that our beloved weekly as we knew it will soon be no more... There is a death in our family this year," Alleged News. [44] 

The Archbishop expressed that the relaunch of The Southern Cross as a monthly magazine brings hope and consolation, Alleged News. [44]
 
Prolife-friendly newspaper
Mr Simmermacher, Ms Davids and Ms Allen are relaunching The Southern Cross as a monthly magazine as freelancers, at significant financial sacrifice; Alleged News. [43] 

Devoted readers of The Southern Cross) are subscribing to The Southern Cross, sending donations and filling in the survey to give their input to the new format magazine.  

Friends and relatives are being contacted with the subscription and donation information for the new format of The Southern Cross. 
 
Struggle for liberation
The struggle for the liberation of unborn infants from 
the threat of murder by abortion is still being waged. 
In the spirit of Lumiere, can you help to keep 
this voice thundering from the rooftops!
 
THE SOUTHERN CROSS IS PRO-LIFE!
PLEASE HELP KEEP THEIR VOICE ALIVE:
WHY NOT TAKE OUT A SUBSCRIPTION AT
 
PLEASE DONATE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK
 
WHY NOT TAKE THE SURVEY TO TELL THE
SOUTHERN CROSS WHAT YOU WOULD REALLY LIKE 
TO SEE IN THE NEW MAGAZINE?
 
The Southern Cross - a shining beacon in
the struggle to save the unborn
 
 
[1] Editor. The Southern Cross. December 25, 2002. The abortion fight, Alleged News
 
[2] The Southern Cross. August 15 to August 21, 2012. Local. Church takes to the streets on abortion, Alleged News. Page 3
 
[3] The Southern Cross. 2016 Abortion cover. No ANC, DP free vote on abortion, Alleged News 
 
[4] The Southern Cross. 2016 Abortion cover. Abortion won't free women, Church tells parliament; Alleged News
 
[5] The Southern Cross. 2016 Abortion cover. Life after abortion vote, Alleged News
 
[6] Editor. The Southern Cross, November 6, 2016. Responding to Abortions, Alleged News
 
[7] Mandla Zibi. The Southern Cross. November 9, 2016. How abortion became legal in South Africa, Alleged News
 
[8] Jael SC. The Southern Cross. September 2, 2017. Mater Homes fight abortion by helping women, Alleged News
 
[9] Tony Magliano. The Southern Cross. January 27, 2018. Marching for life is not enough, Alleged News
 
[10] Erin Carelse. The Southern Cross. January 31, 2018. Mass on February 1 to stand up against abortion law, Alleged News
 
[11] Gunther Simmermacher, Editor. The Southern Cross. January 31 to February 6, 2018. How to be truly pro-life, Alleged News
 
[12] Editor. The Southern Cross. February 4, 2018. Leader page. How to be fully prolife, Alleged News. Page 6
 
[13] Tony Magliano. The Southern Cross. July 2, 2018. Defending the unborn at the edge of hell, Alleged News
 
[14] July 16, 2018. Priest keeps anti-abortion vigil on Parliament Hill in Canada for nearly 30 years, Alleged News
 
[15] Tony Magliano. The Southern Cross. January 24, 2019. After the March for Life - keep walking! Alleged News
 
[16] Editor. The Southern Cross, January 27, 2019. Abortion rates point to a crisis in society; Alleged News 
 
[17] The Southern Cross, February 20 to 26, 2019. Local. Pretoria march to mourn abortion victims since 1997. Page 2
 
[18] Admin. The Southern Cross. February 20, 2019. Abortion Clinic Head turns pro-life; Alleged News
 
[19] Hazel ElPonisc. The Southern Cross. February 7, 2019. Rachel's Vineyard - Help after abortion trauma, Alleged News
 
[20]  The Southern Cross, March 13 to March 19, 2019. Local. Catholics join Pretoria Pro-Life rally to protest against abortion. Page 3
 
[21] CNS. The Southern Cross. April 20, 2019. Twitter restricts Mother Teresa abortion quote: CEO can't explain why, Alleged News
 
[22] Tony Magliano. The Southern Cross. April 23, 2019. Unplanned - the Movie you have to see! Alleged News
 
[23] Henry Sylvester, Cape Town. Letters Editor. The Southern Cross. October 8, 2019. Pro-life Doctor a true professional, Alleged News
 
[24] Admin. The Southern Cross. November 9, 2019. Peter Throp, rest in peace, Alleged News
 
[25] Erin Carelse. The Southern Cross. January 8, 2020. Mater Domini Home nurtures women in crisis pregnancies, Alleged News
 
[26] Tony Magliano. The Southern Cross, January 27, 2020. Defending the most defenceless, Alleged News
 
[27] CNS. The Southern Cross. April 22, 2020. Head of FDA urged to ensure any Covid vaccine be free of abortion connection, Alleged News
 
[28] The Southern Cross. May 22 to May 28, 2019. Pro-life advocates speak out at Pretoria conference. Page 2
 
[29] Erin Carelse. The Southern Cross. September 17, 2019. SA Doctors refuse to do abortions, Alleged News.
 
[30] Paul de Marco. The Southern Cross. November 16, 2019. The Church opposed abortion from early days, Alleged News
 
[31] The Southern Cross. January 29 to February 4, 2020. Letters to the Editor. Voting for life or against life
https://issuu.com/scross/docs/200129/6
 
[32] Erin Carelse. The Southern Cross. February 26 to March 3, 2020. Row over ejection of pro-lifers at UCT event, Alleged News
 
[33] Natalie Hoefe. The Southern Cross. February 26 to March 3, 2020. Film. Pro-life movie to hit SA screens, Alleged News. Page 9
 
[34] Denis Grasska. The Southern Cross. February 26 to March 3, 2020. Film. Actress: this movie 'going to change history', Alleged News. Page 9
 
[35] Reviewed by John Mulderig. The Southern Cross. February 26 to March 3, 2020. Film. Truth, gore in 'Unplanned' film, Alleged News
 
[36] The Southern Cross. August 19 to August 25, 2020. International. "Italy's abortion pill rule will 'privatise' abortion, Alleged News, Page 5
https://www.scross.co.za/2020/03/read-the-southern-cross-free-during-the-crisis/

[37] The Southern Cross: the abortion archives
 
[37b] Saint John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae. 25 March 1995
http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae.html

[38] Tony Magliano. The Southern Cross. "Respect Life! Challenge the Culture of Death! October 4, 2019
https://www.scross.co.za/2019/10/respect-life-challenge-the-culture-of-death/

[39] Luky Whittle, The Southern Cross. Coffee Break: "Neighbourly help for a girl in need". Circa 1970's

[40] The Southern Cross, August 19 to August 25, 2020. Your Classifieds. Birthright. Page 11
https://www.scross.co.za/2020/03/read-the-southern-cross-free-during-the-crisis/

[41] The Southern Cross, October 16 to October 22, 2013. Classified. Personal. Page 23
https://issuu.com/scross/docs/131016_9ad7bd69022cb3/23

[42] The Southern Cross, August 19 to August 25, 2020. Your Classifieds. Personal. Page 11
https://www.scross.co.za/2020/03/read-the-southern-cross-free-during-the-crisis/

[43] The Southern Cross: Farewell and Look to the Future, Alleged News
 
[44] Archbishop William Slattery: There's a death in the family, Alleged News
 
With thanks to The Southern Cross at scross.co.za, issuu.com/scross and vatican.va
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