World Youth Days in the 1990s
On January 22, 2019, World Youth Day will be held in Panama City. In last week’s first part of his...
Gunther Simmermacher
The Worst-Ever Pope?
Pope Francis, the American Facebook commenter pronounced with a certainty that permitted no dissent, “is the worst pope of all...
Flashbacks to World Youth Days Past
On January 22, 2019, World Youth Day will be held in Panama City. Over the next few weeks, Günther SImmermacher...
This Was 2018: The Highlights and Lowlights of the Church Year
It was a difficult year for the Catholic Church, with the abuse scandal re-emerging and division within the Church deepening....
The Big Southern Cross Christmas Quiz!
25 questions to test your Christmas knowledge! Compiled by Günther Simmermacher 1 In which country was the Christmas hymn “Silent...
A Pop Classic Was Born in a Church
A great pop classic of the 1950s was recorded in the basement of a Catholic church, as GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER explains....
Like Having Dinner With Pope Francis
A FUTURE OF FAITH: The Path of Change in Politics and Society, by Pope Francis with Dominique Wolton. Bluebird/Pan Macmillan....
How Martyrs Defeated Nazi Executioners
November 10 marked the 75th anniversary of the execution of three anti-Nazi priests and a Lutheran pastor whose witness and friendship across sectarian lines inspired ecumenical relations, as GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER writes.
God and Slim Margins
A few random seconds made the difference between my writing these lines and never writing anything again.
