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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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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If a football club had a feast day
If football clubs had a feast day which in the case of saints is usually fixed by the date of
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The kissing pope
Yesterday the editorial staff of The Southern Cross was debating whether to give coverage to the Vatican’s reaction to the
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The Conscience of the Nation
In an article written for Catholic News Service in Washington, GUNTHER?SIMMERMACHER looks at the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Anglican Archbishop Desmond
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How fictional TV priests are portrayed
Last month the Vatican hosted something quite new: the International Catholic Film Festival, which was held Rome from May 12-21.
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