Where’s that? In Styria province, southern Austria. Our Lady’s connection: A miraculous wooden statue. The Marian sanctuary of Mariazell is the national shrine of traditionally Catholic Austria...
Dear Reader, The Church’s busy Jubilee schedule is especially full in June, with eight separate celebrations taking place in Rome. As we do every month, we bring...
Where’s that: Turin, the metropole of the Piedmont region in north-western Italy. Our Lady’s connection: Cure of a blind man. On October 20 last year, Pope Francis...
Dogs are a good model of God’s unconditional love, Günther Simmermacher suggests in this light-hearted article which seeks to point to God’s great love for us. When...
Church / Question & Answer / Simmermacher / Vatican
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published May 5, 2025 · Last modified May 3, 2025
Question: I watched the movie Conclave, and quite enjoyed it. But how close to reality was it? How is a pope elected? According to cardinals with experience...
When Southern Cross editor Günther Simmermacher and columnist Raymond Perrier — who is also the director of the Denis Hurley Centre (DHC) in Durban — visited Pieter-Dirk...
Church / Church History / Saints / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published April 25, 2025 · Last modified April 23, 2025
St Mark the Evangelist was an African who worked with St Peter and St Paul, and went on to found the Church in Egypt. St Mark at...
The first two episodes of Season 5 of the hugely popular series The Chosen opened in cinemas throughout South Africa yesterday, April 10. Günther Simmermacher went to...
By Günther Simmermacher – Since the phenomenal success of the series The Chosen, about Jesus and his followers, St Peter has been given a new face, that of...
Church / Editorials 2025 / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published April 3, 2025 · Last modified April 9, 2025
Dear Reader, As our cover will tip off those who might have forgotten: this month is Easter, the zenith of the Church’s liturgical year! The colourful Easter...
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