How Karol Wojtyla found his vocation
Over the last several years of his pontificate, Pope John Paul II revealed an aspect of his personal life that […]
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June 1963 – Death of John XXIII
June 5, 1963 – The Southern Cross announces the death of Pope John XXIII
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1958 – Pope John XXIII begins his ministry
November 5, 1958 – The Southern Cross reports on the beginning of John XXIII’s ministry as pope
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John Paul II: A brief biography
Blessed John Paul II, who will be canonised on April 27, was one of the most forceful moral leaders of
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The roots of a pope: John XXIII’s hometown
By Carol Glatz , Catholic News Service Blessed John XXIII struggled to shake off many formalities that came with the papacy
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History
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
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John Paul II: The jet-setter pope
There was a time was when the world came to the pope. Under John Paul II, the pope also came
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John XXIII’s secretary tells tales of his famous boss
By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service When the freshly named patriarch of Venice, Cardinal Angelo Roncalli, chose 37-year old
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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
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