History in Colour: Pope John Paul II Shot
Pope John Paul II slumps into the arms of his private secretary, Fr (later Cardinal) Stanisław Dziwisz, after four bullets fired by Mehmet Ali Ağca hit him...
Category: History in Colour
History in Colour: First Vatican Radio Broadcast
Pope Pius XI, who on February 6, 1922, became pope, launches the first broadcasts of Vatican Radio on February 12, 1931. Also in attendance was Guglielmo Marconi...
History in Colour: Pretoria’s First Presbytery 1880
A snapshot from the past, colourised exclusively for The Southern Cross British soldiers at Pretoria’s first presbytery during the First Anglo-Boer War in 1880-81, situated where Loreto...
History in Colour: St Thérèse of Lisieux
This is St Thérèse of Lisieux dressed as another great French saint: Joan of Arc. Thérèse portrayed the Maid of Orléans — who was yet to be...
History in Colour: John Paul II in South Africa
Pik ‘n Pope: South Africa’s foreign minister Pik Botha escorts Pope John Paul II through Jan Smuts Airport after the papal flight made an emergency stop in Johannesburg...
History in Colour: Banning of Fr Smangaliso Mkhatshwa
Fr Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, banned Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference official, is visited by SACBC president Archbishop Joseph Fitzgerald in the winter of 1977 after the priest was banned...
History in Colour: Death of Pope John XXIII
This month 58 years ago – A snapshot from the past, colourised exclusively for The Southern Cross The body of Pope John XXIII is carried in St...
History in Colour: St Mary’s Cathedral, Cape Town
A snapshot from the past colourised exclusively for The Southern Cross – Cape Town’s St Mary’s cathedral, mother church of South Africa, was consecrated 170 years ago,...
History in Colour: May 1932
A snapshot from the past, colourised exclusively for The Southern Cross Today is the 27th anniversary of the death of Cardinal Owen McCann (26 June 1907 – 26...
History in Colour: Pope Benedict XVI Resigns
A snapshot from the past, colourised exclusively for The Southern Cross Today, 28 February, it’s seven years ago that Pope Benedict XVI ended his pontificate, just over...
History in Colour: Bl Benedict Daswa
On February 2, 1990, President FW de Klerk unbanned the liberation movements, setting in motion the path to democracy in South Africa. That same day near Mbahe, in...
