After going on pilgrimage in Ireland last month, Southern Cross editor GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER found a diminished but still present Church.
The Church in Ireland is Still Present Read Post »
In August, a group of Southern Cross pilgrims, led by Bishop Victor Phalana of Klerksdorp, travelled to Ireland, with the itinerary framed around the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady at Knock in the west of the country, and the papal Mass to close the World Meeting of Families in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.
Pilgrimage to Ireland in Pictures Read Post »
The last place you’d expect to find a practising Catholic to ply his trade is in a satanic rock group called Deicide. But so it was with Ralph Santolla, a guitarist who died in June at the age of 51.
Catholics Who Do the Devil’s Work Read Post »
Tradition holds that the Transfiguration of Jesus took place on Mount Tabor, the 586 metre-high bluff which overlooks the Jezreel (or Esdraelon) plains.
Where is the Real Place of the Tranfiguration? Read Post »
Fr Patrick Peyton (1909-1992) was a dynamic advocate for family prayer and a trailblazer in radio broadcast and televised evangelisation.
When ‘Rosary Priest’ Fr Patrick Peyton came to South Africa Read Post »
There is always something salutary about visiting, if one can, a place with deep Catholic roots — especially if
Visit to a Catholic Land Read Post »
In biblical times, as today, water was vital: to be hydrated, to stay clean, to produce crops, to raise livestock. Water was life. So it is no accident that so many crucial events in the Gospel take place around water: the Sea of Galilee, the River Jordan, and the various wells and healing pools.
Finding Jesus at the Waters Read Post »
As the Church marks 200 years of being established in South Africa, Günther Simmermacher gives an overview of Catholic history in the country.
A Timeline of Catholicism in South Africa Read Post »
One of my proudest childhood moments was when my father, a great football journalist, quizzed me about the 1974 World Cup.
How a True Football Hero Emerged Read Post »
