From August to December, GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER presented the Rhythm & Truths music show on Radio Veritas. Here he discusses some of the songs he played on the two Christmas specials on December 4 and 11, 2011.
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All was quiet on the Western Font
This year the last surviving soldier of World War I died in Australia. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks at the first Christmas of World War I, when soldiers on the front decided that, just once, peace and good will should rule on the battlefield.
Over a century of Christmas memories
Margherita Blaser’s earliest Christmas memory goes back to 1911. Still, Christmas remains special even today, as she tells CLAIRE MATHIESON.
An exchange of gifts
GUEST EDITORIAL BY SR JUDY COYLE IHM It is common during the Christmas season to exchange gifts, husband and wife, parent and child, friend and friend. The gift may be pleasing to us, and the giver gratified when we use it. Or it may be inappropriate. But once we have expressed our gratitude, the gift [...]
Christmas on the streets
For many homeless people, Christmas mean just another day on the street, as NEILAN ADAMS reports.
He has spoken through the prophets
Fr RALPH DE HAHN takes us on a journey through the Old Testament which reveals ancient prophecies of Christ’s coming.
Pope Benedict’s Christmas 2009
By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Christmas with a call for unselfish charity and solidarity with the suffering, and underlined the message two days later by lunching with the poor at a Rome soup kitchen.
Jesus’ birth in Africa
The gospel story of Jesus’ birth resonates with Africans for many reasons, as SIMEON BANDA FMS explains.
The reaper’s merciless scythe
If happiness matters, that particular Christmas was significant. We had hired a car to travel as far as we could go. We spent Christmas on the foot of the snow-capped Kilimanjaro, whose heights were starting to drip because of what is affecting the glaciers. We debated the origins of humankind at the Ngorongoro Crater.
To be Mary’s child
By Allan Moss OMI Advent brings to mind the pregnancy of Mary. We prepare for the coming of her child. We know the child is born on Christmas day and we celebrate the moment. Christ is Mary’s child and he wants us all to be her children. Being Mary’s child means living like Christ.
Pilgrimage 2013
The Digital Southern Cross
