Who is the Head of the Catholic Church in SA?
We have a cardinal, but we also have the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) with a president, currently Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha. But who is...
Bishops / Church / Church History / Question & Answer
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 1, 2020 · Last modified November 28, 2020
We have a cardinal, but we also have the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) with a president, currently Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha. But who is...
Christian Living / Christmas / Church / Religious Art / Saints / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 1, 2020
Photographer Kristyn Brown has created portraits of saints using ordinary people as models. Günther Simmermacher interviewed the artist. One day her mother talked about a third-century martyr...
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published November 16, 2020 · Last modified November 17, 2020
On November 16, Dominican Father Emil Blaser died at the age of 78 after a long illness. Southern Cross editor GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER remembers his old friend. Today...
Church / Church History / Our New Magazine
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published September 26, 2020 · Last modified September 25, 2020
This is the final edition of The Southern Cross as a weekly newspaper, bringing to a close a run of more than 5 200 consecutive weeks of...
Christian Living / Church / Movies / Reviews / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published August 25, 2020
The producers of a new series on the ministry of Jesus say they’ve created binge-worthy TV—and they’re not wrong. Leaving aside the terminology of binging, which calls to...
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published July 22, 2020 · Last modified July 18, 2020
For many centuries, Mary Magdalene was seen as the penitent prostitute in Luke’s Gospel. That view has changed only quite recently, as GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER explains. Mary Magdalene...
Church / Saints / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published July 20, 2020 · Last modified July 19, 2020
At a time when gender-based and sexual violence against women, in South Africa and elsewhere, is being described as a pandemic, St Joan of Arc may serve...
Church / Evil & Persecution / Martyrs / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published May 7, 2020 · Last modified May 8, 2020
Twelve years of Nazi rule produced many Catholic martyrs. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks at some of those who died for resisting the regime in Germany and Austria. When...
Easter / Good Friday / Jesus / Path to the Passion / Resurrection / Simmermacher / The Cross
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published April 10, 2020 · Last modified July 15, 2020
Follow Jesus’ Path to the Passion In this five-part series we will follow the paths of Jesus in the weeks and days before his crucifixion. By its...
Easter / Good Friday / Jesus / Path to the Passion / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published April 9, 2020 · Last modified July 15, 2020
Follow Jesus’ Path to the Passion In this five-part series we will follow the paths of Jesus in the weeks and days before his crucifixion. By its...
Easter / Jesus / Path to the Passion / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published April 8, 2020 · Last modified July 15, 2020
Follow Jesus’ Path to the Passion In this five-part series we will follow the paths of Jesus in the weeks and days before his crucifixion. By its...
Easter / Jesus / Path to the Passion / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published April 7, 2020 · Last modified July 15, 2020
Follow Jesus’ Path to the Passion In this five-part series we will follow the paths of Jesus in the weeks and days before his crucifixion. By its...
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