Southern Cross Editor: The Day My Knees Shook
Dear Reader, This month marks 25 years since abortion became legal in South Africa. Our readers, of course, need not be reminded of the Catholic Church’s teachings...
Abortion / Church / Church History / Editorials 2022 / History / Our New Magazine / Simmermacher
by Editor · Published January 28, 2022
Dear Reader, This month marks 25 years since abortion became legal in South Africa. Our readers, of course, need not be reminded of the Catholic Church’s teachings...
For a Caribbean artist, black saints don’t receive much attention — and he hopes his project will change that, as he told Günther Simmermacher Saints are our...
Politics / Question & Answer / Simmermacher / War and Refugees
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 29, 2021 · Last modified December 28, 2021
Question: On several occasions, I’ve heard people claiming that almost every war is about religion. I can’t believe that is true, but is religion really the most...
Church / Ecumenical dialogue / Obituaries / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 28, 2021 · Last modified December 29, 2021
South Africa’s most famous cleric was an Anglican, but Archbishop Desmond Tutu had many ties to the Catholic faith, as Günther Simmermacher points out. Archbishop Desmond Tutu,...
Biography of Hymns / Christmas / Religious Music / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 25, 2021 · Last modified December 23, 2021
Günther Simmermacher’s annual Biography of a Christmas carol Many of our beloved Christmas carols have come from the United States, and “We Three Kings” was the first...
Catholic trivia / Christmas / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 24, 2021 · Last modified December 6, 2021
Without peeking at the answers, see how much you know about Christmas! Compiled by Günther Simmermacher – What colour vestments do Catholic priests wear at Christmas Mass?...
Christmas / Christmas Facts / Saints / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 5, 2021
Santa Claus dominates the public image of Christmas, but he was based on a great Christian. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks at the history of St Nicholas of Myra,...
Bible / Church / Jesus / Mary / Question & Answer / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published November 26, 2021
Question: It seems that Mary was a popular name in the times of the Gospel. Could you guide me through the individual women by that name in...
Bible / Christian Living / Church / Gospel / Movies / Reviews / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published November 4, 2021
Günther Simmermacher watched Season 2 of the Gospel-based series The Chosen — and liked it. If all of the things Jesus did “were written down in detail,...
Church / Church History / Question & Answer / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published October 26, 2021
Question: We all know what a church is, but what is the difference between a church and a cathedral, basilica, abbey or chapel? Answer by Günther Simmermacher:...
Church / Church History / Question & Answer / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published October 19, 2021 · Last modified October 18, 2021
By Günther Simmermacher – Question: The caption to your colourised photo of Pope St John XXIII’s funeral in your “History in Colour” item (June 2021) refers to...
Charity / Church / Church History / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published October 1, 2021
One of the great modern Catholic prophets was a Russian baroness born 125 years ago in a train. Catherine De Hueck Doherty was born on August 15,...
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