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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For Pope John XXIII, calling Vatican II was an act of faith
By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service Pope John XXIII called the Second Vatican Council in the conviction that it
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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
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Holocaust survivor: John Paul II was a man of compassion
By Navar Watson, Catholic News Service Hanging on the wall in her office is a large painting of horses standing
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John Paul II the Great
This is the front-page editorial which appeared in The Southern Cross special edition, released on April 4, 2005, two days after the
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