The Church and HIV/Aids in the ’80s
From July 18-22 Durban will host the World Conference on Aids. PADDY KEARNEY recalls how the city’s late Archbishop Denis Hurley was […]
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Church History
Church History
In Dachau for the Gospel – last surviving priest dies
Father Hermann Scheipers, the last surviving priest who was imprisoned in the notorious Dachau prison camp, died in his North
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Church History Shackleton
The Catholic Church in VanRhynsdorp
A new Travellers Lodge has been opened next to the N7 opposite Vanrhynsdorp. In the grounds of the lodge is
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Church History
Iona: Scotland’s ‘thin place’ between Earth and Heaven
An ancient monastic community founded in the 6th century became a centre of learning and spirituality spreading Christianity through Britain
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Church History Religious Life
Nuns Mapped the Starry heavens
When the Vatican joined the international effort of creating a celestial map in 1887, four nuns were tasked with the
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Church History
Remains of Spanish Explorer’s Cross Discovered at Arkansas Dig
By Aprille Hanson, CNS – The first Catholic liturgy is believed to have been occurred in Arkansas 475 years ago, but
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Church History History of The Southern Cross
Cardinal edited The Southern Cross – twice!
No other newspaper can claim that it has been edited by a future and serving cardinal—except The Southern Cross, in
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Church History Shackleton
The Establishment of Religious Orders
The Year of the Consecrated Life has been observed by religious orders especially. Please can you give me some idea
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Church History Shackleton
The Day South Africa got its first Cardinal
Becoming a cardinal can give you a spring in your step, as Owen McCann, archbishop of Cape Town, found when
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