Having travelled to Panama City for World Youth Day, GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER shares his impressions of the event and the people who made it happen. See the video below for a set of his pictures, supplemented by more from Catholic News Service.
Simmermacher / World Youth Day
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published January 17, 2019 · Last modified January 15, 2019
World Youth Day will be held in Panama City this month. In the third part of his series on past World Youth Days, GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER recalls the last two WYDs of St John Paul...
Church / Simmermacher / World Youth Day
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published January 8, 2019 · Last modified January 6, 2019
On January 22, 2019, World Youth Day will be held in Panama City. In last week’s first part of his series on past World Youth Days, GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER looked back at the first five...
Church / Church History / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published January 8, 2019 · Last modified January 6, 2019
Pope Francis, the American Facebook commenter pronounced with a certainty that permitted no dissent, “is the worst pope of all time”. Obviously that person is not a fan of the Holy Father. Personally, I...
Church / Simmermacher / World Youth Day
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published January 5, 2019 · Last modified January 2, 2019
On January 22, 2019, World Youth Day will be held in Panama City. Over the next few weeks, Günther SImmermacher will look back at all the WYDs that came before, since 1984. In January,...
Simmermacher / Year-End Review
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 31, 2018 · Last modified December 27, 2018
It was a difficult year for the Catholic Church, with the abuse scandal re-emerging and division within the Church deepening. But there were bright spots, such as the 200th anniversary of the Catholic Church’s...
Christmas / Church / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 27, 2018 · Last modified December 24, 2018
25 questions to test your Christmas knowledge! Compiled by Günther Simmermacher 1 In which country was the Christmas hymn “Silent Night” written 200 years ago? a) Austria b) Germany c) Hungary 2 On which date...
Biography of Hymns / Christmas / Church / Simmermacher
by hazelelponiSC · Published December 25, 2018 · Last modified December 26, 2018
Once a folk carol sneered at by purists, ‘God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen’ has a profound Christian message. Günther Simmermacher looks at the carol’s history.
A great pop classic of the 1950s was recorded in the basement of a Catholic church, as GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER explains. One of the songs that gave the 1950s musical genre “doo wop” its name...
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 12, 2018 · Last modified December 3, 2018
A FUTURE OF FAITH: The Path of Change in Politics and Society, by Pope Francis with Dominique Wolton. Bluebird/Pan Macmillan. 2018. 324pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher Imagine you are at a dinner party, and...
November 10 marked the 75th anniversary of the execution of three anti-Nazi priests and a Lutheran pastor whose witness and friendship across sectarian lines inspired ecumenical relations, as GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER writes.
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published November 6, 2018 · Last modified November 8, 2018
A few random seconds made the difference between my writing these lines and never writing anything again.
