History in Colour: Fatima Miracle of the Sun
Some of the tens of thousands of people who witnessed the “Miracle of the Sun” at the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal, on October 13, 1917....
History in Colour
History in Color: The Bells of St Mary’s
Bing Crosby as Fr Chuck O’Malley and Ingrid Bergman as Sr Mary Benedict in the 1945 film The Bells of St Mary’s. Directed by Leo McCarey, like...
History in Colour: Remembrance Day
In many parts of the world, including South Africa, November is Remembrance Month, in which we are called to remember those who fell in wars. The tradition...
History in Colour: Seminarians March to Union Buildings
On September 4, 1985, a group of 32 seminarians of St John Vianney Seminary marched on the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against apartheid. It was...
History in Colour: Pope Pius X
A snapshot from the past, colourised exclusively for The Southern Cross Pope Pius X is seen in an undated photo. His papacy began on August 4, 1903,...
History in Colour: South Africa’s First Cardinal
A crowd of people welcomes Cardinal Owen McCann at Cape Town airport in February 1965 as he returns from Rome, where he had just received the red...
History in Colour: Archbishop Denis Hurley
Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI, carrying a large cross, leads an ecumenical group of people past Durban’s Central Post Office during the 1988 Good Friday Procession of the...
History in Colour: Easter Mass St Peter’s Square Circa 1865
A snapshot from the past, colourised exclusively for The Southern Cross Thousands of pilgrims — and a number of horse-drawn carriages — fill St Peter’s Square for...
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...
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...
