Who was Pontius Pilate?
His name is in the Creed and we encounter him every Holy Week. But who was Pontius Pilate? GÃœNTHER SIMMERMACHER looks […]
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Easter Features History Lent Simmermacher
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Pope John Paul II’s very strange day
A hostage drama, a precarious flight and an unexpected stop in Johannesburg turned September 14, 1988 into one of the
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Careful what you read on the Internet
The great thing about the Internet is that it gives us instant access to all sorts of information: reviews of
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Setting faith to music
Fifty years ago this year one of the most remarkable non-classical Catholic albums was recorded: jazz legend Mary Lou Williams’
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In search of Catholic celebrities
Recently I learnt that one of the world’s most beautiful women is a devout Catholic who goes to Mass every
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Imagine: Pope trumps Lennon
After his violent death at the hands of Mark Chapman on December 8, 1980, society virtually canonised John Lennon as
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Inside the Fifth Gospel
The Holy Land is the setting for almost all of the Bible. Being in the Holy Land, then, is to be immersed in Scripture. GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER explains the Fifth Gospel.
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Where Jesus died and rose again
The church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem marks the crucifixion and Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER
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Books Reviews Simmermacher
Hurley Bio: A Full Life of Love
GUARDIAN OF THE LIGHT: Denis Hurley Renewing the Church, Opposing Apartheid, by Paddy Kearney. KwaZulu-Natal University Press, Scottsville. 2009. 382pp.
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