Church / Church History / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published August 8, 2018 · Last modified August 7, 2018
Fr Patrick Peyton (1909-1992) was a dynamic advocate for family prayer and a trailblazer in radio broadcast and televised evangelisation. Along with promoting prayer in his shows, Fr Peyton held “Rosary Rallies” around the...
A radical program of reform addressing the widespread problem of abusive clergy and negligent superiors in the 11th century holds some essential insights and lessons for the church today, a church historian has said.
Meaning: Humanae Vitae: Of Human Life Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae upholds the Catholic Church’s long-standing teaching that it is immoral for married couples to use artificial contraception. At 7000 words, the...
A leading expert on the cloth believed to be the burial shroud of Jesus dismissed a new study claiming that blood patterns on the shroud are not consistent with those left by a crucified...
World War I and its aftermath changed the map of Europe, but also dismantled the notion of the “state church” in a way that forced the Catholic Church to discover again the authentic meaning...
Church / Church History / Pictured
by Tamar SC · Published July 13, 2018 · Last modified July 12, 2018
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage...
Church / Church History / History
by Kilian SC · Published June 30, 2018 · Last modified June 29, 2018
Jesuit Father Guy Tachard, an astronomer and something of a secret agent, visited the Cape of Good Hope in 1685 and again two years later. While he was received with courtesy, he and the...
Anthony Egan SJ on St Paul / Bible / Church History / Series
by Anthony Egan · Published June 29, 2018
When we think of St Paul on his many great journeys fearlessly preaching the gospel, do we imagine a street preacher proclaiming his message aloud, grasping and sometimes waving around a well-thumbed leather-bound copy of the Bible? When we think of Paul writing his letters, do we imagine him writing away surrounded by a stack of bibles, commentaries and works of theology? We would be mistaken.
The Bicentennary Mass at the Belville Velodrome was the culmination of a year-long jubilee to mark the 200th anniversary of the Catholic Church being established in South Africa. More Stories: Cremation and the...
Church / Church History / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published June 19, 2018 · Last modified June 20, 2018
As the Church marks 200 years of being established in South Africa, Günther Simmermacher gives an overview of Catholic history in the country.
Pope Gregory decreed Catholic priests and nuns should be celibate because he wanted to reduce the temptation of bending the law to favour blood relatives. Is this an accurate statement?
The steadfast faith and love for the Catholic Church that have characterised members of the Swiss Guard for centuries must be part of the men’s lives even after they have stopped wearing their colourful medieval uniforms and carrying their halberds, Pope Francis said.
