From Our Vaults 73 Years Ago: October 24, 1951
Pope saw dancing sun miracle Pope Pius XII reportedly saw a repetition of Fatima’s miracle of the dancing sun four times in 1950, from October 30 to...
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Pope saw dancing sun miracle Pope Pius XII reportedly saw a repetition of Fatima’s miracle of the dancing sun four times in 1950, from October 30 to...
Extended church reopens Bishop Charles Cox of the Transvaal vicariate presided over a sung Mass at the church of La Rochelle in Johannesburg, which had been closed...
SA bishops on birth control South African bishops have responded in different ways to Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae, which restates the Catholic Church’s ban on...
McCann condemns voting ban Addressing the annual conference of the National Catholic Federation of Students, Archbishop Owen McCann stated his opposition to the apartheid government’s decision to...
GK Chesterton dead at 62 The famous English Catholic writer and poet GK Chesterton died on June 14 at the age of 62. In an appreciation, The...
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One year of Zim independence The bishops of Zimbabwe have hailed a “new era of peace” following the country’s first year of independence. They thanked “our government...
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100 years of Lourdes At least 80000 pilgrims from around the world attended the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Blessed Virgin’s first apparition to St Bernadette in...
Pope: Liberate without violence Pope Paul VI has urged Christians to become “liberators” of people suffering from famine, injustices and economic and cultural neo-colonialism, but warned them...
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Bishop’s Mass for detainees Bishop John Murphy of Port Elizabeth celebrated a Mass in St Augustine cathedral for detained priest Fr Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, secretary-general of the Southern...
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