1963 – “The greatest pontificate in church history”
1963 – The Southern Cross pays tribute to the late Pope John XXIII and looks at the future of the...
History
October 1978 – John Paul II begins his papacy
29 October 1978 – The Southern Cross reports on the beginning of John Paul II’s papacy. October 29, 1978
June 1963 – Death of John XXIII
June 5, 1963 – The Southern Cross announces the death of Pope John XXIII
1958 – Pope John XXIII begins his ministry
November 5, 1958 – The Southern Cross reports on the beginning of John XXIII’s ministry as pope
1958 – “We have a new Pope!”
On October 29, 1958 The Southern Cross announces that Cardinal Angelo Roncalli has been named Pope John XXIII on its cover 29...
Who was Pontius Pilate?
His name is in the Creed and we encounter him every Holy Week. But who was Pontius Pilate? GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks...
Pope John Paul II’s very strange day
A hostage drama, a precarious flight and an unexpected stop in Johannesburg turned September 14, 1988 into one of the...
Interview: Stanislaw Cardinal Dziwisz
The former personal secretary to Pope John Paul II and current Archbishop of Krakow talks to Fr Rosica of Salt+Light...
Historian: England’s Last Catholic King called for Religious Freedom
An account of a speech on religious liberty by England’s last Catholic king published by a historian shows that the 17th-century monarch was revolutionary in his thinking on the freedom of conscience.
