The History of ‘Silent Night’
Translated into 140 languages, it may be the most famous Christmas hymn in the world. Günther Simmermacher looks at the history of ‘Silent Night’.
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Christmas Simmermacher
The Big Southern Cross Christmas Quiz
The Big Southern Cross Christmas Quiz – 50 questions to test your Christmas knowledge! Compiled by GüntherSimmermacher
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Ten Ways To Be a Happy Catholic!
The key to being a happy Catholic is quite simple: Place everything into God’s hands. With God everything is possible,
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Christian Living Christmas Church Religious Art Saints Simmermacher
Saints in a New Focus
Photographer Kristyn Brown has created portraits of saints using ordinary people as models. Günther Simmermacher interviewed the artist. One day
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Farewell to my friend, Fr Emil Blaser
On November 16, Dominican Father Emil Blaser died at the age of 78 after a long illness. Southern Cross editor
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What’s Next for The Southern Cross?
Next week the final edition of The Southern Cross as a weekly newspaper will appear, in digital format only, as
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Why Series ‘The Chosen’ is Binge-Worthy
The producers of a new series on the ministry of Jesus say they’ve created binge-worthy TV—and they’re not wrong. Leaving
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How Mary Magdalene The Apostle Was Slandered
For many centuries, Mary Magdalene was seen as the penitent prostitute in Luke’s Gospel. That view has changed only quite
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How Joan of Arc Was Burnt for Avoiding Rape
At a time when gender-based and sexual violence against women, in South Africa and elsewhere, is being described as a
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