Shrines around the World: Our Lady of Mariazell, Austria
Where’s that? In Styria province, southern Austria. Our Lady’s connection: A miraculous wooden statue. The Marian sanctuary of Mariazell is...
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Busy Month of Jubilees
Dear Reader, The Church’s busy Jubilee schedule is especially full in June, with eight separate celebrations taking place in Rome....
Shrines Around the World: Our Lady of Consolation, Turin
Where’s that: Turin, the metropole of the Piedmont region in north-western Italy. Our Lady’s connection: Cure of a blind man....
How DOG is much like GOD
Dogs are a good model of God’s unconditional love, Günther Simmermacher suggests in this light-hearted article which seeks to point...
What is the Conclave Really Like?
Question: I watched the movie Conclave, and quite enjoyed it. But how close to reality was it? How is a...
Evita se Frock
When Southern Cross editor Günther Simmermacher and columnist Raymond Perrier — who is also the director of the Denis Hurley...
St Mark, the Writer of a Gospel
St Mark the Evangelist was an African who worked with St Peter and St Paul, and went on to found...
The Chosen: Holy Spirit at Work
The first two episodes of Season 5 of the hugely popular series The Chosen opened in cinemas throughout South Africa...
The Chosen’s “Peter” Discusses New Season
By Günther Simmermacher – Since the phenomenal success of the series The Chosen, about Jesus and his followers, St Peter has...
