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...
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by Admin · Published May 13, 2022 · Last modified May 9, 2022
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...
Church / Church History / History in Colour / Vatican
by Admin · Published March 15, 2022 · Last modified May 9, 2022
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...
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...
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by Admin · Published December 5, 2021 · Last modified December 4, 2021
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...
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...
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by Admin · Published August 23, 2021 · Last modified August 22, 2021
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...
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by Admin · Published June 24, 2021 · Last modified June 23, 2021
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Benedict Daswa / History in Colour / Saints
by Admin · Published February 1, 2021 · Last modified January 28, 2021
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...
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