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Dear Reader, Our cover this month features a young priest who made the unusual transition from Lutheran ministry to Catholic holy orders. In our article on page...
Dear Reader, Our cover this month features a young priest who made the unusual transition from Lutheran ministry to Catholic holy orders. In our article on page...
Dear Reader, When we are young, a year takes so long that when the Advent wreaths go up again, we barely remember last Christmas. For me, and...
Church / Church Teaching / Editorials 2023 / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published October 23, 2023
Dear Reader, During the month of November, we Catholics remember our dead. Our feature article in this issue on how we relate to our departed loved ones...
A video clip is currently circulating which accuses Cardinal Stephen Brislin of racism for not embracing and kissing an African cardinal in the way he greets two...
Church / Editorials 2023 / Mission / Saints / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published September 22, 2023
Dear Reader, October is Mission Month, so it is right that in this issue there is a running thread of evangelisation. The proclamation of the Good News,...
Dear Reader, When he was a young deacon sent to Lesotho, Cardinal-elect Stephen Brislin received the Sesotho nickname Motlalepula, which means “he comes with rain”. When he...
Church / Church History / Editorials 2023 / Women and the Church / Youth
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published August 4, 2023
Our striking cover photo and the accompanying story show once again, as we have so often in the past, that the Catholic faith is alive in young...
About us / Church / Editorials 2023 / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published June 21, 2023 · Last modified March 13, 2024
Dear Reader, Our cover this month gives us an unusual view of St John Vianney National Seminary in Waterkloof, Pretoria. It is an aerial shot taken by...
About us / Church / Editorials 2023 / Simmermacher / Youth
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published May 27, 2023
Dear Reader, On June 16, South Africa marks its national Youth Day, so in this issue we turn our focus on youth. We encounter two remarkable young...
Dear Reader, In the month of May, we usually pray for vocations, following on from Vocations Sunday (this year on April 30). In this issue we look...
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